Meanings
nounnauropometer (plural nauropometers)
plural nauropometers
- historicalAn instrument for measuring a ship's heeling or inclination at sea.
Origin
- Ancient Greekναῦς“ship”
- Englishnauropometer
From Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + ῥοπή (rhopḗ, “weight”) + -meter.
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French nauropomètre
- nauropomètreinstrument
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APA
nauropometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nauropometer
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“nauropometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nauropometer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nauropometer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nauropometer.
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