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pluviometer definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: rain gauge, rain gage, pluviometer, udometer]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a rain-gauge. Derivatives: pluviometric adj. pluviometrical adj. pluviometrically adv. Etymology: L pluvia rain + -METER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pluviometer Plu`vi*om"e*ter, n. [L. pluvia rain + -meter: cf. F. pluviom[`e]tre.] An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See pluviameter