greek word parts 2
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Greek Word Parts
4th Bimonthly5th Grade
telephone
• a system that uses wires and radio signals to send sounds (such as people's voices) over long distances
graphic
• pictures or images on the screen of a computer, television, etc.
thermometer
• an instrument used for measuring temperature
photographer
• a person who takes photographs especially as a job
centimeter
• a unit of length equal to 1⁄100 meter
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
telescope
• a device shaped like a long tube that you look through in order to see things that are far away
diameter
• the distance through the center of something from one side to the other
photocopy
• a paper copy of a document, picture, etc., that is made with a special machine (called a copier or photocopier)
speedometer
• an instrument in a car, truck, etc., that indicates how fast the vehicle is going
telegraph
• an old-fashioned system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical signals
millimeter
• a length equal to 1/1000 meter
autograph
• the signature of a famous person
television
• an electronic system of sending images and sounds by a wire or through space
barometer
• an instrument that is used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather
telecommute
• to work at home by using a computer connection to a company's main office
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
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
kilometer
• a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
telephoto
• being a camera lens system designed to give a large image of a distant object;
telecommunication
• communication at a distance
autobiography
• a biography written by the person it is about
calligraphy
• the art of making beautiful handwriting
odometer
• a device in a car, truck, etc., that measures the distance that the vehicle has traveled
photosynthesis
• the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light