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pluviometer

[ ploo-vee-om-i-ter ]

pluviometer

/ ˌpluːvɪˈɒmɪtə; ˌpluːvɪəˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

  1. an obsolete word for rain gauge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pluviometer

/ ̅̅′vŧ-ŏĭ-ə /

  1. An instrument for measuring the amount of precipitation at a given location over a specified period of time.
  2. Also called udometer
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܱˈٰ, adverb
  • pluviometric, adjective
  • ˌܱˈdzٰ, noun
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Other yvlogs From

  • ···· [ploo-vee-, uh, -, me, -trik], v··۾· adjective
  • v·dz·ٰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pluviometer1

1785–95; < Latin pluvi ( a ) rain + -o- + -meter
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Example Sentences

For the details of construction the reader is referred to the next chapter, where he will find the instrument described in connection with Osler’s anemometer, as the “pluviometer.”

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Mr. J. PRINSEP, the eminent secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, found a fish in the pluviometer at Calcutta, in 1838.—Journ.

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The pluviometer is placed on the right in the figure, P P being the plane of the roof of the building.

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