viscometer
/vɪsˈkɒmɪtə(ɹ)/noun
viscometer is a noun meaning “An instrument used to measure the viscosity of a liquid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-S-C-O-M-E-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of viscometer is viscometers.
What does viscometer mean?
noun
- 1
An instrument used to measure the viscosity of a liquid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce viscometer?
- /vɪsˈkɒmɪtə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-viscometer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of viscometer
- viscometers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is viscometer?
Viscometer appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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).
Viscometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instrument used to measure viscosity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | viscosimètre |
| German | Viskosimeter |
| Portuguese | viscosímetro |
| Spanish | viscosímetro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does viscometer come from?
From visco- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).