measurer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who measures something or determines its dimensions, amount, or degree

   Each measurer recorded the rod's length independently before the results were compared.

2. 2
   noun

   an instrument or device used to measure something

   The electronic measurer displayed the distance to the wall in millimeters.

Formed in English from measure + the agent or instrument suffix -er. Measure came through Anglo-Norman and Old French mesure from Latin mensura ("a measuring, measure"), from metiri ("to measure").

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