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Definition: Tonometer |
TonometerNoun1. Measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Tonometer \To*nom"e*ter\, noun. [Greek expression stretching, tone -meter.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Tonometer" is a common misspelling or typo for: monometer. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | For testing the intra-ocular tension. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Tonometer |
| English words defined with "tonometer": Tonometry. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A tonometer measures pressure inside the eye and is one of several tests necessary to detect glaucoma. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tonometer | 22 |
schiotz tonometer | 10 |
non contact tonometer | 2 |
nikon tonometer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tonometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kamerton, aparat-matës tensioni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тонометър, камертон (fork, pitchfork, tuning fork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tonometer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tonometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, sphygmomanometer, tensiometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tonomètre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tonometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, sphygmomanometer, tensiometer), Ophthalmotonometer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τονόμετρο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tonometro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onometertay tonómetro. (various references) tensiometru, diapazon (Diapason, fork, gamut, range, scale, tuning fork). (various references) тонометр, камертон (fork, tuning fork, tuning-fork). (various references) tonometar, sonometar (sonometer). (various references) tonometro. (various references) diyapazon (Diapason, pitchfork). (various references) cái đo huyết áp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tonometer": tonometers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tonometer" (pronounced 'To*nom"e*ter'): Abutter, Acater, Accelerometer, Accipiter, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Acidimeter, Acoumeter, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aerometer, Aflutter, Aglitter, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleurometer, Algometer, Alkalimeter, Allotter, Altimeter, Altometer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angulometer, Animater, Anthracometer, Antimeter, Antitrochanter, Apomecometer, Apporter, Araeometer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Areometer, Arithmometer, Astrolater, Astrometer, Astrophotometer, Atmidometer, Atmometer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-n-o-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: roomette. | |
-2 letters: montero, torment. | |
-3 letters: emoter, enroot, mentor, meteor, mooter, moreen, netter, remote, rotten, tenter, toneme, tooter, torten. | |
-4 letters: emote, enorm, enter, meter, metre, metro, monte, moron, motet, motor, motte, motto, noter, otter, remet, rente, retem, romeo, rotte, tenet, tenor, terne, toner, torot, torte, totem, toter, treen, trone. | |
-5 letters: erne, meet, meno, mere, mete, mono. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-n-o-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tonometers. | |
+2 letters: enterostomy, tonometries. | |
+3 letters: econometrist, enterostomal. | |
+4 letters: econometrists, enterostomies, potentiometer, sternforemost. | |
+5 letters: geometrization, overcommitment, overestimation, potentiometers, potentiometric, remonetization, treponematoses, treponematosis, trigonometries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6E 6F 6D 65 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- -. --- -- . - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101110 01101111 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o n o m e t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006E 006F 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548180817971867184 |
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