Popometer
German
Etymology
Noun
Popometer m or n (strong, genitive Popometers, plural Popometer)
- (informal, humorous) butt-o-meter, butt feeling (a vehicle operator's ability to use their buttocks to determine their vehicle's state, such as the wheels' grip)
- 1955, Die Gummi Bereifung[1], number 31, page 16:
- Eines muß allerdings erwähnt werden, nämlich die zwar bessere Einfederung bei etwas geringerer Dämpfung. Der "Popometer" registriert also ein etwas härteres Fahren.
- One thing must however be mentioned, that being the better spring compression with slightly less dampening. The "butt-o-meter" will register somewhat stiffer driving.
- 1972, Manfred Mitschke, Dynamik der Kraftfahrzeuge, Springer, →ISBN, page V:
- Zum dritten sind die Kraftfahrzeuge immer weiter verbessert und verfeinert worden, so dass es immer schwieriger wird, alles mit dem Gefühl, mit dem in der Kraftfahrzeugtechnik bekannten Mesßgerät, dem Popometer zu erfassen.
- Third, motor vehicles keep being improved and refined, so it becomes more and more difficult to sense everything by feeling, by using the sensor well-known in automotive engineering, the butt-o-meter.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der, das | Popometer | die | Popometer |
| genitive | eines | des | Popometers | der | Popometer |
| dative | einem | dem | Popometer | den | Popometern |
| accusative | einen, ein | den, das | Popometer | die | Popometer |
Further reading
Popometer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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- German terms suffixed with -meter
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-
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