pluviometer

American

[ploo-vee-om-i-ter] / ˌplu viˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun

rain gauge.

pluviometer British

/ ˌpluːvɪˈɒmɪtə, ˌpluːvɪəˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

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 Scientific

/ plo̅o̅′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

Other Word Forms

pluviometric adjective
pluviometrical adjective
pluviometrically adverb
pluviometry noun

Etymology

Origin of pluviometer

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry

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

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023