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ectometer

noun

  1. A device designed to detect ghosts.

    This handheld ectoplasmic scanning device was developed to detect spirit activity within an area. It has a location map to pinpoint a spirit's location and an ectometer to determine density of trace matter and spirit strength

Where it comes from

From ecto- + -meter; likely coined to describe the "psychokinetic energy detector" from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ectometer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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