admeasurer
- noun
- Archaic
:
instrumento de medición
- The carpenter used an admeasurer to ensure each plank was the correct length.
Examples
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Before digital tools, workers relied on a simple admeasurer for accurate measurements.
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An antique admeasurer was displayed in the museum's collection of old tools.
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The carpenter used an admeasurer to ensure accuracy.
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An admeasurer is essential for precise construction.
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The carpenter used an admeasurer to ensure each plank was the correct length.
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An antique admeasurer was displayed in the museum's collection of old tools.
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Before digital tools, workers relied on a simple admeasurer for accurate measurements.
Synonyms
69
1.4
A small container for pouring a set amount of liquid or dry food
2
3.0
A tool that shows how big, heavy, or hot something is
1
2.9
A person or tool that finds size, amount and degree
1
3.1
A tool that measures things like size or weight
1
4.4
A tool or person who finds the size of things like rings
An instrument that measures how a material changes size when temperature or pressure changes
How Precise
- Specialized
1
6.8
- Specialized
7
6.8
- Archaic
29
1.0
1
1.3
2
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word admeasurer joins ad- ('to') and measure ('find size'), so it originally names something made 'to measure'. That is why an admeasurer can mean a tool or instrument used to check length, capacity, or other dimensions.