Definition of Pluviometer

1. Noun. Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation.

Exact synonyms: Rain Gage, Rain Gauge, Udometer
Generic synonyms: Gage, Gauge

Definition of Pluviometer

1. n. An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

Definition of Pluviometer

1. Noun. (meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pluviometer

plutonomist
plutonomists
plutonomy
plutons
plutos
plutus
pluvial
pluvials
pluviameter
pluviameters
pluviametrical
pluvian
pluvians
pluviograph
pluviographs
pluviometer (current term)
pluviometers
pluviometrical
pluvious
ply
plyboard
plycount
plycounts
plyer
plyers
plyg
plygain
plygains
plyght
plyghted

Literary usage of Pluviometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"5 cc.) may be very conveniently read off.1 FIG. 64.—pluviometer. The pluviometer serves also to collect snow ; the inflected ..."

2. Meteors, Aërolites, Storms, and Atmospheric Phenomena: From the French of by Frederic Zurcher, Élie Margollé (1886)
"The pluviometer of the marine depot, of which we give an illustration, ... When a certain amount pluviometer. has flowed off, according to the condition of ..."

3. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments: Explanatory of Their Scientific by Negretti and Zambra (1864)
"Osler's Anemometer, and pluviometer.—Mr. Follet Osler is the inventor of a self-recording apparatus which registers the direction and pressure of the wind, ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"pluviometer. See RAIN GAUGE. Plymouth, one of the most famous of English seaports, an ancient parliamentary, municipal, and county borough, ..."

5. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"... pluviometer, &c. Its principles and construction are of the simplest nature, but it is made of a variety of shapes. НА ТУ- WATER-CASK, RAIN-WATER-ТАНК, ..."

6. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"5 cc.) may be very conveniently read off.1 FIG. 64.—pluviometer. The pluviometer serves also to collect snow ; the inflected ..."

7. Meteors, Aërolites, Storms, and Atmospheric Phenomena: From the French of by Frederic Zurcher, Élie Margollé (1886)
"The pluviometer of the marine depot, of which we give an illustration, ... When a certain amount pluviometer. has flowed off, according to the condition of ..."

8. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments: Explanatory of Their Scientific by Negretti and Zambra (1864)
"Osler's Anemometer, and pluviometer.—Mr. Follet Osler is the inventor of a self-recording apparatus which registers the direction and pressure of the wind, ..."

9. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"pluviometer. See RAIN GAUGE. Plymouth, one of the most famous of English seaports, an ancient parliamentary, municipal, and county borough, ..."

10. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"... pluviometer, &c. Its principles and construction are of the simplest nature, but it is made of a variety of shapes. НА ТУ- WATER-CASK, RAIN-WATER-ТАНК, ..."

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