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PLUVIOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pluviometer mean?
• PLUVIOMETER (noun)
The noun PLUVIOMETER has 1 sense:
1. gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
Familiarity information: PLUVIOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pluviometer; rain gage; rain gauge; udometer
Hypernyms ("pluviometer" is a kind of...):
gage; gauge (a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.)
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