Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoclinometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-cli-nome-ter
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several directional surveying instruments which record photographically the direction and magnitude of well deviations from the vertical.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English clinometer English photoclinometer From photo- + clinometer.

Inflected Forms

photoclinometers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

photoclinometry

Questions

What does photoclinometer mean?: Any of several directional surveying instruments which record photographically the direction and magnitude of well deviations from the vertical.
Where does photoclinometer come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English clinometer English photoclinometer From photo- + clinometer.

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