vibrometer

[ vahy-brom-i-ter ]

noun

1. a vibrograph that measures the amplitude of vibrations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vibrometer¹

First recorded in 1885–90; vibro- + -meter

Example Sentences

Instead, they found something even more unusual when they aimed a laser vibrometer, which measures vibrations from a distance, at frogs bombarded with sound waves in the lab.

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