pulsimeter etymology

English word pulsimeter comes from English pulse, English -meter (Used to form the names of measuring devices.)

Detailed word origin of pulsimeter

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pulse English (eng) To beat, to throb, to flash.. To emit in discrete quantities.. To flow, particularly of blood. Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals. (music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music.. (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of [...]
-meter English (eng) Used to form the names of measuring devices.
pulsimeter English (eng) A sphygmograph.

Words with the same origin as pulsimeter

Descendants of pulse
pulsific
Descendants of -meter
accelerometer altimeter arthrometer barometer calorimeter calorimetry dioptometer dynamometer fluorometer geoboard geometry glucometer hodometer holometer inclinometer lucimeter pantometer photopolarimeter spectrometer symmetry tachometer tiltmeter trig trigonometry