goniometer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu

Proto-Hellenic *gónu

Proto-Hellenic *-ía

Proto-Hellenic *gonwía

Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der.

English gonio-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

French -mètrebor.

English -meter

English goniometer

From gonio- + -meter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡoʊ.niˈɔ.mə.tɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɡoʊ.niˈɑ.mə.tɚ/, /ˈɡɑ.niˌɑ.mə.tɚ/

Noun

goniometer (plural goniometers)

1. A device used to measure angles.

   Hyponym: protractor

   1. A device used to measure the angles of joints commonly used in orthopedics and physical therapy.
   2. A device used to measure the angles of crystals.
   3. (medicine) An arthrometer (device for measuring the arc or range of mobility of a joint).
2. A radio direction finder.

Synonyms

• (UK) angle measurer

Derived terms

• electrogoniometer
• goniometric
• photogoniometer
• radiogoniometer
• rheogoniometer
• spectrogoniometer

Translations

device to measure angles

• Albanian: këndmatës (sq) m
• Arabic: مِنْقَل m (minqal)
• Azerbaijani: bucaqölçən
• Bulgarian: ъгломе́р (ăglomér), гониоме́тър (goniométăr)
• Catalan: goniòmetre
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測角儀 / 测角仪 (cèjiǎoyí)

• Finnish: goniometri
• French: goniomètre (fr) m
• Galician: goniómetro m
• Ido: goniometro (io)
• Italian: goniometro (it) m
• Japanese: ゴニオメーター (goniomētā)
• Korean: 고니오미터 (goniomiteo), 각도계(角度計) m (gakdogye), 측각기(測角器) (cheukgakgi)
• Malay: goniometer
• Polish: goniometr (pl) m
• Portuguese: goniómetro m (Portugal), goniômetro m (Brazil)
• Romanian: goniometru (ro) n
• Spanish: goniómetro m

radio direction finder

• Bulgarian: гониоме́тър m (goniométăr)
• Finnish: radiopeilauslaite
• French: goniomètre (fr) m
• Polish: goniometr (pl) m
• Romanian: radio-goniometru n, goniometru (ro)

arthrometer — see arthrometer