gravimeter
noun
gravimeter is a noun meaning “An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-R-A-V-I-M-E-T-E-R and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 48 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of gravimeter is gravimeters.
What does gravimeter mean?
noun
- 1
An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
- 2
A hydrometer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gravimeter?
Gravimeter has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gravimeter
- gravimeters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gravimeter?
Gravimeter appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does gravimeter come from?
From gravi- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).