operameter

English

Etymology

From Latin opera (“work”) (plural of operis), opus + -meter.

Noun

operameter (plural operameters)

1. (archaic) An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially the number of rotations by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth. [1820]

References

• “operameter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.