pluviometer

[ploo-vee-om-i-ter]

noun

1. rain gauge.

pluviometer

/ ˌpluːvɪˈɒmɪtə, ˌpluːvɪəˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. an obsolete word for rain gauge

pluviometer

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

2. Also called udometer

Other Word Forms

• pluviometric adjective
• pluviometrical adjective
• pluviometry noun
• pluviometrically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pluviometer¹

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

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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