Home › Words › D › dumaresqdumaresqdumaresq means A mechanical calculator used to gauge the speed of missiles and enemy ships.EtymologyNamed after Australian rear admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq (1873–1922).nounA mechanical calculator used to gauge the speed of missiles and enemy ships.A mechanical calculator used to gauge the speed of missiles and enemy ships.nameA surname from French.A locality in the Armidale council area and the Uralla council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dromometer 58% match — An instrument affixed to the side of a ship, measuring the distance travelled. vs dumaresq →arithmometer 56% match — A calculating machine. vs dumaresq →arithmograph 56% match — An early mechanical calculator. vs dumaresq →decelerometer 52% match — An instrument for measuring deceleration. vs dumaresq →dynameter 52% match — An instrument used to measure the magnification of a telescope. vs dumaresq →machmeter 51% match — An instrument that measures the speed of an aircraft relative to that of sound and displays it in Mach numbers. vs dumaresq →comptometer 51% match — A mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress. vs dumaresq →calculagraph 51% match — A mechanical device that calculates and prints the elapsed time between two events. vs dumaresq →