Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: halome-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.

noun

An instrument for determining the size of blood cells by measuring the angular diameter of diffraction of light passing through the blood.

Example Sentences

"When a small source of light is viewed through a thin blood film on a glass slide, a circular coloured pattern, or halo, is seen. The angular diameter of this halo is inversely proportional to the diameter of the blood cell and it is this which the halometer measures."

Etymology

From halo- + -meter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: halo
Suffix: meter

Inflected Forms

halometers (plural)

Synonyms

goniometer

Questions

What does halometer mean?: An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.
Where does halometer come from?: From halo- + -meter.

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