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NEPHOSCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephoscope mean? 

NEPHOSCOPE (noun)
  The noun NEPHOSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of cloudsplay

  Familiarity information: NEPHOSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHOSCOPE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nephoscope" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)


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