Home › Words › P › profilometerprofilometerprofilometer means A device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, profilometer ranks #16,733 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom profile + -o- + -meter.nounA device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).