Greek word parts 2-25
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This document provides definitions for various Greek word parts and the terms they form when combined. It lists and defines words relating to measurement, photography, telecommunication, writing and distance, formed from the Greek roots "meter", "photo", "tele", "graph" and others. Examples include terms like telephone, thermometer, photographer, diameter, photocopy, and more.
Greek word parts 2-25
- 1. Greek Word Parts List #25 5th Grade
- 2. Greek Word Parts Many words are formed from the Greek word parts. tele- meaning over a long distance photo-meaning light meter- meaning measure graph- meaning write
- 3. telephone a system that uses wires and radio signals to send sounds (such as people's voices) over long distances
- 4. graphic pictures or images on the screen of a computer, television, etc.
- 5. thermometer an instrument used for measuring temperature
- 6. photographer a person who takes photographs especially as a job
- 7. centimeter a unit of length equal to 1100 meter
- 8. paragraph a part of a piece of writing that usually deals with one subject, that begins on a new line, and that is made up of one or more sentences
- 9. telescope a device shaped like a long tube that you look through in order to see things that are far away
- 10. diameter the distance through the center of something from one side to the other
- 11. photocopy a paper copy of a document, picture, etc., that is made with a special machine (called a copier or photocopier)
- 12. speedometer an instrument in a car, truck, etc., that indicates how fast the vehicle is going
- 13. telegraph an old-fashioned system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical signals
- 14. millimeter a length equal to 1/1000 meter
- 15. autograph the signature of a famous person
- 16. television an electronic system of sending images and sounds by a wire or through space
- 17. barometer an instrument that is used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather
- 18. telecommute to work at home by using a computer connection to a company's main office
- 19. pedometer an instrument usually in watch form that records the distance a person covers on foot by responding to the body motion at each step
- 20. phonograph an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus or needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disc or cylinder
- 21. kilometer a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
- 22. telephoto being a camera lens system designed to give a large image of a distant object;
- 23. telecommunication communication at a distance
- 24. autobiography a biography written by the person it is about
- 25. calligraphy the art of making beautiful handwriting
- 26. odometer a device in a car, truck, etc., that measures the distance that the vehicle has traveled
- 27. photosynthesis the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light