-meter

a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the names of instruments measuring quantity, extent, degree, etc.: altimeter; barometer.

Compare -metry.

Origin of -meter

< New Latin -metrum < Greek métron measure

-melia, -ment, -mer, -mere, -merous, -meter, -metric, -metrics, -metry, -mo, -mobile

-meter

indicating an instrument for measuring barometer

prosody indicating a verse having a specified number of feet pentameter

from Greek metron measure

-meter

Measuring device:refractometer.