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Webster 1913 Edition

Spherometer

Sphe-rom′e-ter

,

Noun.

[

Sphere

+

-meter

: cf. F.

sphéromètre

.]

(Physics)

An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.

Definition 2024

spherometer

spherometer

English

Noun

spherometer ‎(plural spherometers)

A device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens.

Translations

measuring device

Catalan: esferòmetre m
Galician: esferómetro m
Italian: sferometro m

Malay: sferometer
Portuguese: esferómetro m (Portugal), esferômetro m (Brazil)
Spanish: esferómetro (es) m

Spherometer in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.