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Definition: Spirometer |
SpirometerNoun1. A measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Spirometer \Spi*rom"e*ter\, noun. [Latin expression spirare to breathe -meter.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Spirometer" is a common misspelling or typo for: pyrometer, speedometer. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Measurement | Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spirometer |
| English words defined with "spirometer": Anapnograph ♦ Pneometer, Pneumometer, Pneumonometer, Pulmometer ♦ spirometery, Spirometry ♦ vital capacity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spirometer": CARDIOPULMONARY TECHNOLOGIST, cardiovascular technologis ♦ EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST ♦ PULMONARY-FUNCTION TECHNICIAN, pulmonary-function technologis. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Lung volumes are measured by breathing into and out of a device called a spirometer. (references) | |
One PFT procedure calls for the patient to breathe into a machine, called a spirometer. (references) | ||
Sickle cell anemia patients with severe chest or back pain that prevents them from breathing deeply may be able to avoid potentially serious lung complications associated with acute chest syndrome by using an incentive spirometer. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Spirometer" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Spirometer" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see 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 |
spirometer | 100 |
incentive spirometer | 15 |
koko spirometer | 3 |
ii renaissance spirometer | 2 |
renaissance spirometer | 2 |
spirometer wrights | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spirometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقياس التنفس (breathalyser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 肺量计. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Hutchinsons spirometer (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spirometer van Hutchinson (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spiromètre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hutchinson Spirometer (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπιρόμετρο Hutchinson (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spirometro di HUTCHINSON (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irometerspay espirómetro de Hutchison (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) spirometru. (various references) спирометр (lung-tester). (various references) espirómetro de Hutchinson (Hutchinson spirometer). (various references) cái đo phế dung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spirometer": spirometers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spirometer": respirometer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spirometer": respirometers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "spirometer" (pronounced 'Spi*rom"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-i-m-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: importers, misreport, peristome, portieres, reimports, temporise. | |
-2 letters: emperors, emptiers, epistome, epitomes, importer, imposter, merriest, miterers, moperies, mortiser, pierrots, poetiser, poetries, portiere, premiers, premorse, pretrims, primeros, primrose, promisee, promiser, reimport, reimpose, rimester, roperies, simperer, sportier, stormier, tiresome, triremes. | |
-3 letters: emoters, emperor, empires, emprise, emptier, empties, epimers, episome, epitome, erotism, imports, imposer, imprese, imprest, meteors. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: misreported, pyrometries, spirometers, temporaries, temporizers. | |
+2 letters: madreporites, polarimeters, pteridosperm, respirometer, respirometry, spirometries. | |
+3 letters: extemporizers, improprieties, intercompares, morphometries, performatives, polarimetries, premeditators, pretermission, pteridosperms, redemptioners, respirometers, respirometric, spectrometric, temporariness, thermospheric. | |
+4 letters: aromatherapies, contemporaries, hermaphrodites, heteromorphism, hypermetropias, hypermodernist, peremptoriness, petrochemistry, postretirement, preordainments, pretermissions, primogenitures, psychrometries, pyrheliometers, respirometries, spectrometries, sportfishermen, thermographies. | |
+5 letters: anthropometries, heteromorphisms, hypermodernists, mercaptopurines, preterminations, supermajorities, temporarinesses, thermoperiodism. | |
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