Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument that records simultaneously several meteorological conditions, such as temperature, pressure, and humidity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument that combines the registering apparatus of a barograph, thermograph, anemograph, etc., in such a manner as to obtain on the same sheet a continuous record of the variations of the several meteorological elements.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device used to measure variousmeteorological conditions, such as thetemperature andhumidity .
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Examples
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Leonid radiant, whither a "meteorograph" was directed with a view to recording trails left by precursors of the main Leonid body.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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With the approach of winter, kite-flying became less popular as a sport, but two or three times a month Tom sent up one of his kites with the meteorograph, and the observations were faithfully forwarded to
The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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The lad made fliers of every shape and pattern, and his kites were usually so stable that it was upon his model that the meteorograph was fastened which registered the pressure, humidity and temperature of the air and the velocity of the wind, according to the request of the young fellow who had sent the League the two first kites.
The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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"Les Mondes" (1863 -); of the astronomer Secchi (1818-78), who, among other things, invented the meteorograph in 1858; also of the Lazarist
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Without the meteorograph, rigid accuracy in the observation of shooting stars is unattainable, and rigid accuracy is the
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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