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goniometer

N เครื่องวัด มุม ของแข็ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GONIOMETER

n.[Gr. angle, and measure. ] An instrument for measuring solid angles, or the inclination of planes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GONIOMETER

Go `ni *om "e *ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. goniomètre.]

 

Defn: An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes. Contact, or Hand, goniometer, a goniometer having two movable arms (ab, cd ), between which (at ab ) the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixed point, which is the center of the graduated circle or semicircle upon which the angle is read off. -- Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by determining through what angular space the crystal must be turned so that two rays reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the same direction; -- called also Wollaston's goniometer, from the inventor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

goniometer

go ni om e ter |ˌgōnēˈämitər ˌɡoʊniˈɑmədər | noun an instrument for the precise measurement of angles, esp. one used to measure the angles between the faces of crystals. DERIVATIVES go ni o met ric |-nēəˈmetrik |adjective, go ni o met ri cal |-nēəˈmetrikəl |adjective, go ni om e try |-trē |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French goniomètre, from Greek gōnia angle + French -mètre (instrument ) measuring.

 

Oxford Dictionary

goniometer

goniometer |ˌgəʊnɪˈɒmɪtə | noun an instrument for the precise measurement of angles, especially one used to measure the angles between the faces of crystals. DERIVATIVES goniometric |-əˈmɛtrɪk |adjective, goniometrical |-əˈmɛtrɪk (ə )l |adjective, goniometry noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French goniomètre, from Greek gōnia angle + French -mètre (instrument ) measuring .

 

Duden Dictionary

Goniometer

Go nio me ter Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Goniom e ter |1 Gerät zum Messen der Winkel zwischen [Kristall ]flächen durch Anlegen zweier Schenkel 2 Winkelmesser für Schädel und Knochen