plegometer

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noun

A device for measuring the force of a blow or stroke.

OriginAncient Greek πληγή →
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Meanings

nounplegometer (plural plegometers)

plural plegometers

  1. historicalA device for measuring the force of a blow or stroke.

    In 1839, a meeting of the Miners' Society was held at Redruth, and a wish was expressed that the duty might be calculated on a stroke measured by a plegometer instead of the method of ascertaining the number of strokes by a counter.

    1897, The Mining Engineer, volume 12, page 550

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπληγή“stroke = blow”
  2. Englishplegometer

From Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “stroke = blow”) + -o- + -meter.

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