variometer
noun
variometer is a noun meaning “An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-R-I-O-M-E-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of variometer is variometers.
What does variometer mean?
noun
- 1
An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field.
- 2
A rate-of-climb indicator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of variometer
- variometers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is variometer?
Variometer appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).
How do you abbreviate variometer?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of variometer: var..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does variometer come from?
Borrowed from Latin varius (“various”) + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).