different between finder vs fathometer

English

Etymology

From Middle English findere, equivalent to find +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)
• IPA^(key): /?fa?nd?(?)/

Noun

finder (plural finders)

1. One who finds or discovers something.

   Finders keepers, losers weepers.

   • 2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies (page 229)

     The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.

2. An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest

Synonyms

• (discoverer): inventor; see also discoverer

Derived terms

• pure finder

Translations

Anagrams

• Friden, Friend, friend, frined, redfin, refin'd, refind

Danish

Etymology 1

From finde (“to find”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fen?r/, [?fen?]

Noun

finder c (singular definite finderen, plural indefinite findere)

1. finder

Declension

Etymology 2

See finde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fend?r/, [?fen??]

Verb

finder

1. present of finde

English

Etymology

fathom (“nautical length measurement used for depth”) +? -meter

Noun

fathometer (plural fathometers)

1. (nautical) A depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water.
   • 1977, Richard O'Kane, Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang (Ballantine Books, 2003), page 347:

     A Fathometer is just a vertical echo-ranger; its pings would sound the same and could drive a submarine out of position just as effectively as horizontal echo-ranging and might even make a contact.

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