cratometern.

/krəˈtɒmɪtə/

Forms: Also kratometer.

Etymology: modern < Greek κράτος power + -meter comb. form². The stem of the Greek word is κράτε-, and the proper formation would be crateometer. Cratometer ought to mean ‘head-measurer’.

(See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > instrument measuring energy, power, or work

cratometer1876

ergometer1879

1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. 504 Kratometer for finding magnifying power, and focal length of objectives. Dr. Royston Pigott, F.R.S.

1880 P. Greg Across Zodiac I. ii. 47 I inspected the cratometer, which indicated a force as great as that with which I had started.

Derivatives

cratometric adj. (also kratoˈmetric) pertaining to the measurement of power.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [adjective] > relating to measurement of power

cratometric1856

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 46 I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia was in the same thermic belt..as the cities of Athens, Rome, and London.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cratometer
释义	cratometern. /krəˈtɒmɪtə/ Forms: Also kratometer. Etymology: modern < Greek κράτος power + -meter comb. form². The stem of the Greek word is κράτε-, and the proper formation would be crateometer. Cratometer ought to mean ‘head-measurer’. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > instrument measuring energy, power, or work cratometer1876 ergometer1879 1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. 504 Kratometer for finding magnifying power, and focal length of objectives. Dr. Royston Pigott, F.R.S. 1880 P. Greg Across Zodiac I. ii. 47 I inspected the cratometer, which indicated a force as great as that with which I had started. Derivatives cratometric adj. (also kratoˈmetric) pertaining to the measurement of power. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [adjective] > relating to measurement of power cratometric1856 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 46 I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia was in the same thermic belt..as the cities of Athens, Rome, and London. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1856
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