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单词 notiometer
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notiometern.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: Greek νότιος , -meter comb. form2.
Etymology: < ancient Greek νότιος moist, damp ( < νότος south wind, south (see Notus n.) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives) + -meter comb. form2, after Dutch †notiometra, plural (see below). Compare French notiomètre (1691).The first (1718) edition of the text cited in the quot. and the Dutch (1717) text of which this is a translation both have the Latinate form notiometra (plural), in italics, apparently not attested elsewhere.
Obsolete. rare.
A hygrometer.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > hygroscope > hygrometer
hygrometer1670
notiometer1720
1720 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher (rev. ed.) II. xix. xlvi. 514 The making of the Hygrometers or Notiometers, or those Machines by which we measure the Moisture of the Air.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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