wattmeter

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noun

An instrument for measuring electric power in watts.

OriginAncient Greek μέτρον (métron) ← Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ← English watt →
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Meanings

nounwattmeter (plural wattmeters)

plural wattmeters

  1. An instrument for measuring electric power in watts.

Origin

  1. EnglishWatt
  2. Englishwatt
  3. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  5. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  6. Englishwattmeter

From watt + -meter.

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Translations

Catalan wattímetre, wàttmetre
  • wattímetredevice for measuring electric power
  • wàttmetredevice for measuring electric power
Finnish wattimittari
  • wattimittaridevice for measuring electric power
French wattmètre
  • wattmètredevice for measuring electric power
Greek βατόμετρο
  • βατόμετρο (vatómetro)device for measuring electric power
Italian wattmetro, wattometro
  • wattmetrodevice for measuring electric power
  • wattometrodevice for measuring electric power
Japanese 電力計
  • 電力計 (denryokukei)device for measuring electric power
Korean 전력계
  • 전력계 (jeollyeokgye)device for measuring electric power
Malay jangka watt, meter watt
  • jangka wattdevice for measuring electric power
  • meter wattdevice for measuring electric power
  • wattmeterdevice for measuring electric power
Norwegian Bokmål wattmeter
  • wattmeterdevice for measuring electric power
Polish watomierz
  • watomierzdevice for measuring electric power
Portuguese wattímetro
  • wattímetrodevice for measuring electric power
Romanian watmetru
  • watmetrudevice for measuring electric power
Russian ваттме́тр
  • ваттме́тр (vattmétr)device for measuring electric power
Spanish vatímetro, wáttmetro
  • vatímetrodevice for measuring electric power
  • wáttmetrodevice for measuring electric power
Vietnamese oát kế
  • oát kếdevice for measuring electric power
Cite this entry
APA

wattmeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattmeter

MLA

“wattmeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattmeter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wattmeter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattmeter.

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