| 单词 | decelerometer |
| 释义 | decelerometer in British English (dɪˌsɛləˈrɒmɪtə) noun an instrument for measuring deceleration decelerometer in American English (diˌseləˈrɑmɪtər) noun a device that measures the rate of deceleration, as of a vehicle Word origin [1920–25; deceler(ation) + -o- + -meter]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, checkout, fundamentalism, self-service, superpower-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -meter is a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the names of instruments measuringquantity, extent, degree, etc. Other words that use the affix -meter include: chronometer, micrometer, nephelometer, radiometer, variometerExamples of 'decelerometer' in a sentence |
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