CLINOMETER


Meaning of CLINOMETER in English

/ klaɪˈnɒmɪtə(r); NAmE ; klɪ-/ noun

( technical ) an instrument used for measuring the angle of a slope

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from Greek klinein to slope + -meter (see meter ).

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