pluviometer

[ploo-vee-om-i-ter]

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noun

rain gauge.

Origin of pluviometer

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

Related formsplu·vi·o·met·ric

[ploo-vee-uh-me-trik] /ˌplu vi əˈmɛ trɪk/, plu·vi·o·met·ri·cal, adjectiveplu·vi·om·e·try, noun

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Related Words for pluviometer

Nilometer, hygrometry, pluviometer, udometer

Examples from the Web for pluviometer

Historical Examples of pluviometer

The pluviometer is placed on the right in the figure, P P being the plane of the roof of the building.
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments
Henry Negretti

British Dictionary definitions for pluviometer

pluviometer

noun

an obsolete word for rain gauge

Derived Formspluviometric (ˌpluːvɪəˈmɛtrɪk), adjectivepluviometrically, adverbpluviometry, noun

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pluviometer in Science

pluviometer

[plōō′vē-ŏm′ĭ-tər]

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