Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gage or measure of depth or height of the flow of the river Nile.
- noun Hence, any instrument for making a continuous and automatic register of riverheights.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a device used to measure the
rise of water in theNile at theflood
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Examples
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It has been taken for a kind of nilometer, for a sculptor's or modeller's stand, or a painter's easel for an altar with four superimposed tables, or a sort of pedestal bearing four door-lintels, for a series of four columns placed one behind another, of which the capitals only are visible, one above the other, etc.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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With the Nile rising all around them, she was willing to bet that the water filling the cavern beneath the nilometer would be cold and fast-moving.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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He made no motion to return to the nilometer entrance.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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“The nilometer on Elephantine Island,” Kira murmured.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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With the Nile rising all around them, she was willing to bet that the water filling the cavern beneath the nilometer would be cold and fast-moving.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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He made no motion to return to the nilometer entrance.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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At this time of year, the nilometer should have been mostly dry, the waters of the Nile receding by October.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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“The nilometer on Elephantine Island,” Kira murmured.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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Or we can spend precious hours trying to find and steal a boat and cross a flooding river to the nilometer.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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At this time of year, the nilometer should have been mostly dry, the waters of the Nile receding by October.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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