echometer

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noun

A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds and determining the relation of their intervals.

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Meanings

nounechometer (plural echometers)

plural echometers

  1. A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds and determining the relation of their intervals.

    nothing would be more advantageous than the use of his general Echometer to determine precisely the duration of measures and of beats

    1781, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music

Origin

From echo- + -meter.

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Translations

Indonesian ekometer
  • ekometerscale
Cite this entry
APA

echometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echometer

MLA

“echometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echometer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echometer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echometer.

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