How to pronounce clinometer
American English pronunciation
kly-NOM-uh-ter
- IPA
- /klaɪˈnɑmətɚ/
- Syllables
- kly · NOM · uh · ter (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What clinometer means
A tool for measuring how steep a slope is
In a sentence: Dad held up the clinometer to check how steep the ski hill was.
Where it comes from: It's built from clino-, from a Greek word for leaning or sloping, and -meter, meaning a tool that measures.
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