forming nouns denoting an instrument for measuring something
［用以构成名词］表示“测具”, “量器”：
milometer.
■ informal forming nouns denoting a measure of a quality, emotion, etc.
〈非正式〉 ［用以构成名词］表示 “品质、情感等的衡量”：
stress-ometer
drunkometer.
-ometer|ˈɒmɪtə(r)|the element -meter, Gr. µέτρον measure, preceded by -o, belonging to the prec. element, or merely connective (see -o1), in which form it usually appears in words from Greek, and hence in modern formations, as dampometer, gasometer, olfactometer, etc. Also as a quasi-n.1856Farmer's Mag. Jan. 63 The barometers, thermometers, saccharometers, and other ometers.
-ometer/ˈɒmɪtə/suffix.
1.Form of -meter with -o- provided by first element (barometer, hydrometer) or merely connective (accelerometer, Fade-Ometer). Cf. -imeter.
2.Forming nouns denoting a measure of a quality, emotion, etc., as stress-ometer. colloq.