Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity, velocity, discharge, etc., of fluids.
- Made by means of a hydrometer: as, hydrometric observations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids.
- adjective Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water.
- adjective Made by means of an hydrometer.
- adjective a species of hydrometer consisting of a hollow ball of ivory or metal suspended by a treated from the center of a graduated quadrant, and held in a stream to measure the velocity of the water by the inclination given to the thread; a kind of current gauge.
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- adjective concerning or applying
hydrometry
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- adjective of or relating to hydrometry
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a study that used long-term hydrometric observations for the Eurasian Arctic, Peterson et al. [24] found that the annual discharge to the Arctic Ocean from the six largest Eurasian rivers increased by 7% between 1936 and 1999.
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Since 1985, the number of hydrometric stations has decreased significantly, owing to budget constraints and (in Siberia) population losses.
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According to a contemporary assessment based on available hydrometric and meteorological information [14], the total long-term river discharge from the entire Arctic Ocean drainage basin (including Hudson Bay but not Bering Strait) is 5,250 cubic-kilometers per year (km3/yr) (46% from Asia, 41% from North America and Greenland, and 13% from Europe).
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In Ethiopia, there is a clear need for more detailed groundwater data, and in Central Africa, hydrometric monitoring networks need to be revitalized.
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Since April 2001, when we signed the agreement to establish the Joint Bi-lateral Commission on Co-operation, there has been steady progress with several other joint projects, including geo-chemical mapping and the improvement of hydrometric installations.
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Noticias reported that the hydrometric station situated over the bridge of the Zambezi river was no longer operational and it was impossible to measure the river levels in that area.
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Langa said about 300 millimetres (12 inches) of rain were registered at hydrometric stations in Tete during the past week.
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A communique issued late Tuesday said a flood wave was travelling down the river from South Africa where it rises, and was flowing at 1,700 cubic metres per second at the provincial hydrometric station.
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Cuban-Bulgarian Friendship water pipeline -- 29 km of 1,000 mm pipeline; 26 hydrometric networks for the Ministry of Agriculture and the MINAZ
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The funding will support projects such as a new hydrometric network infrastructure to improve flood forecasting and emergency flood response; provincial flood control work enhancements; adding gates to the Shellmouth Dam spillway; flood protection in Melita; and building dikes in various flood prone communities north of Winnipeg.
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