Rain-gauge synonyms

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instrument for measuring rainfall
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hyetometrograph
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gauge (related)
The distance between the rails of a railway.
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ombrograph
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pluviometer
(Meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
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udometer
A rain gauge.
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udomograph
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nilometer
A device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood
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hygrometry
The measurement of the moisture content of gases, but especially of the humidity of the atmosphere
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rain gage
gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
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hyetometer
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hyetograph
A chart showing the distribution of rainfall over a particular period of time or a particular area
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ombrometer
An instrument for measuring rainfall.
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pluviograph
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (ie. rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period of time, often an automated graphing instrument.
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Find another word for rain-gauge. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rain-gauge, like: instrument for measuring rainfall, hyetometrograph, gauge, ombrograph, pluviometer, udometer, udomograph, nilometer, hygrometry, rain gage and hyetometer.
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Rain-gauge Sentence Examples

  • A simple rain gauge can help you tell if your pumpkins have enough water or nor.

  • Such examples show the importance of placing any rain-gauge, so far as possible, upon a plane surface of the earth - horizontal, or so inclined that, if produced, especially in the direction of prevailing winds, it will cut the mean levels of the area whose mean rainfall is intended to be represented by that gauge.

  • Apart altogether from the variations of actual rainfall produced by irregular surface levels, the very small area of a single rain-gauge is subject to much greater variations in short periods than can possibly occur over larger areas.

  • The hypothesis of the collector, the man who keeps a rain-gauge, or the missionary among savages, is to be discounted from as a source of error.

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