meteorograph

[mee-tee-awr-uh-graf, -grahf, -or-, mee-tee-er-uh-]

noun

1. an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.

meteorograph

/ ˈmiːtɪərəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. obsolete,  an instrument that records various meteorological conditions

meteorograph

1. An instrument that records simultaneously several meteorological conditions, such as temperature, barometric pressure, rainfall, humidity, and wind direction.

Other Word Forms

• meteorographic adjective
• meteorography noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of meteorograph¹

First recorded in 1770–80; meteoro(logy) + -graph

Example Sentences

Cartesian graphs are almost always yielded by automatic recording instruments, such as the barograph, meteorograph, seismometer, &c.

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The Richard meteorograph, contained in an aluminium cage of about a foot cube, weighs less than three pounds, and it is only necessary to screen the thermometer from the sun's rays to obtain the true temperature of the air, since the wind insures a circulation of air around the thermometer.

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A meteorograph, recording the atmospheric pressure, air temperature, and relative humidity, was ordered from M. Richard of Paris in 1895, like one already carried by French aeronauts, except that, since for kites lightness is all-essential, M. Richard constructed this triple-recorder for the first time of aluminium, and hereby reduced its weight to 24⁄5 lbs.

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The time of making each angular measurement is noted, so that the corresponding point on the trace of the meteorograph may be found.

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When the meteorograph is hidden by clouds, the height above the last point trigonometrically determined is computed from the barometer record by Laplace's formula.

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