Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for collecting and measuring the quantity of water that falls in rain, snow, etc., at a particular place; a rain-gage. See cut in next column.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun meteorology A
scientific instrument formeasuring the amount ofrainfall .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anyhoo, I just checked the rain gauge aka pluviometer at Adrastos World HQ and we had some 5+ inches.
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We had one night of rain (January 15), beginning gently at 2.30 a.m., and ending in a heavy downfall — unfortunately a pluviometer was one of the forgotten articles.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The pluviometer was inside the box, and therefore it would have been difficult to convince scientists that the clouds had not entirely skipped Remate de Males during the rainy season, unless the postmaster were to put the whole observatory under water by main force.
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But when he fusses around his "_Observatorio meteorologico_," which consists of a maximum and minimum thermometer and a pluviometer, in a tightly closed box, raised above the ground on a tall pole, then indeed, his air would impress even the most blasé town-sport.
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A modification of the Morse telegraph, an anemometer, and a pluviometer were also among his inventions.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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We had one night of rain (January 15), beginning gently at 2.30 a.m., and ending in a heavy downfall -- unfortunately a pluviometer was one of the forgotten articles.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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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.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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To the 4th Jany. [1833] the weather was little better than a continual rain now however a hard rain often but a drizzling uncomfortable air during December there fell 91/2 inches rain by a pluviometer on the 4th the wind came strong to
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The board also supports meteorological sensors such as air thermometer, hygrometer, anemometer, wind vane and rain gauges (pluviometer).
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The board also supports meteorological sensors such as air thermometer, hygrometer, anemometer, wind vane and rain gauges (pluviometer).
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reesetee commented on the word pluviometer
Rain gauge. Also called udometer.
September 14, 2007
oroboros commented on the word pluviometer
I'm wonderin' whether barack obameter sparked this addition? ;o)
September 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word pluviometer
Utterly serendipitous--but funny, now that you mention it. :-)
September 15, 2007