operameter

English

Etymology

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

Noun

operameter (plural operameters)

(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.

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