Spherometer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spherometer \Sphe*rom"e*ter\, n. [Sphere + -meter: cf. F.
     sph['e]rom[`e]tre.] (Physics)
     An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical
     surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spherometer
       n : a measuring instrument for measuring the curvature of a
           surface