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单词 plemyrameter
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plemyrametern.

Brit. /ˌplɛmɪˈramᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌplɛməˈræmədər/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek πλήμυρα , -meter comb. form2.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πλήμυρα flood tide, flood, parallel form (in *-yα : see -ia suffix1) of ancient Greek πλημυρίς flood tide (see plemmirrulate adj.) + -meter comb. form2, after French plémyramètre ( F. A. Forel Deuxième étude sur les seiches du lac Léman (1875) 514).
Now rare.
An apparatus for measuring variations of the level of water in a lake or other body of water.
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1898 G. H. Darwin Tides ii. 22 Having studied seiches with a plemyrameter for some time, Forel used another form of apparatus.
1908 Geogr. Jrnl. 31 56 Observations were also made by means of Forel's plemyrameter, but owing to the exposed character of the shore all along Loch Ness, observation by this means was very difficult.
1914 Science 6 Nov. 683/1 Forel in his ‘plemyrameter’ used corks weighted to the specific gravity of water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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