lagometer

English

From lag +‎ -ometer

Noun

lagometer (plural lagometers)

1. (gaming) A display of the amount of latency (lag) experienced in an online game.
   • 2006, David Crystal, “The language of virtual worlds”, in Language and the Internet, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184:

     Lag, in particular, is a serious problem in the larger groups; LambdaMOO even introduced a ''"lagometer" on screen at one point.

2. (technical) A device that measures any other sort of lag.
   • 1940, “The Lagometer”, in Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, volume 44, number 2, page 12:

     The lagometer has been designed by Siemens Bros. and Co. for measuring time constants of relays.

   • 1978, Fedor Ivanovich Sadov, Mikhail Vladimirovich Korchagin, A. Matetsky, Chemical Technology of Fibrous Materials, Mir Publishers, page 538:

     The temperature of the solution in the padder and of the water in washing boxes is controlled by means of a lagometer.