Greek/latin Roots

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Chronos

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Greek word for time

Chronology: the study of measureing time and figuring out the correct order and date of events.

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Phone

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A greek word meaning sound.

Phonograph: an insturment that produces sound from records. A record player

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Logos

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A greek root that means study of

Logograph: a single character or a group of characters representing a whole word.

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Gram or Graph

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A greek root word which means to write
Graphoscope: a computer display unit on which the information shown can be changed by the use of a light pen

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Zoon

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Greek word meaning animal

Zoogeography: study of where animals live on the earth.

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Megas

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Greek word meaning big or large.

Megaphone: a large funnel shaped device used to help make a voice louder or to be heard in the distance.

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Tele

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A greek word meaning far away

Telescope: an instrument that is made up of lenses and a tube, used for making distant objects appear coser and larger.

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Meter or Metron

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Greek root that means measure

Metrology: the study of weights and measures.

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Photos

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Greek root that means light

Photobiology: the study of how light or the sun's energy effects life.

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Micro or Mikros

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Greek root for small

Microbe: a living organism of very small size (a germ)

Microscope: an instrument with a lens or lenses that makes very small things look larger.

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Video or vision

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Latin word meaning to see.

Videophone: a telephone used with a television camera and screen, so people talking on the telephone can see each other.

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Cycle

Back 12

Greek word meaning wheel/circle

Cyclometer: an instrument that measures the distance that a wheel travels, by recording the amout of circles it makes, while it is turning

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Aqua

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Latin word meaning water

Aquascope: a device to see underwater.

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Sub

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A latin word meaning under.

Submit: to give in to the power, control, or authority of another.