Words that rhyme with acidimeter

adj 1: engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary" [syn: amateur, recreational, unpaid] 2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled] n 1: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2: an athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro, professional]

n 1: a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat

n 1: the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference [syn: diameter, diam] 2: a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)

n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) [syn: dosemeter, dosimeter]

n 1: a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid [syn: hydrometer, gravimeter] 2: a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth [syn: gravimeter, gravity meter]

n 1: a verse line having six metrical feet

n 1: (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" [syn: limiter, clipper]

n 1: a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves [syn: parameter, parametric quantity] 2: any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance 3: (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program [syn: argument, parameter] 4: a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data

n 1: a verse line having five metrical feet

n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter] 2: a line enclosing a plane areas 3: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter]

n 1: a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

n 1: any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer

n 1: a verse line having four metrical feet

n 1: an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light [syn: polarimeter, polariscope]

n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure [syn: integrator, planimeter]

n 1: a theodolite designed for rapid measurements [syn: tachymeter, tacheometer]

n 1: a manometer for measuring vapor pressure

n 1: a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents [syn: colorimeter, tintometer]