fluorometer
/flˌʊɹˈɑmətɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrument used to detect and measure fluorescence.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English fluorometer From fluoro- + -meter.