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pluviometer
[ ploo-vee-om-i-ter ]
pluviometer
/ ˌpluːvɪˈɒmɪtə; ˌpluːvɪəˈmɛtrɪk /
noun
- an obsolete word for rain gauge
pluviometer
/ ̅̅′vŧ-ŏ′ĭ-ə /
- An instrument for measuring the amount of precipitation at a given location over a specified period of time.
- Also called udometer
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Derived Forms
- ˌܱˈٰ, adverb
- pluviometric, adjective
- ˌܱˈdzٰ, noun
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- ···· [ploo-vee-, uh, -, me, -trik], v··۾· adjective
- v·dz·ٰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pluviometer1
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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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