pluviometern.

Brit.

/ˌpluːvɪˈɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˌpluviˈɑmədər/

Forms: 1700s–1800s pluviameter, 1700s– pluviometer.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pluvia , -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < classical Latin pluvia rain (see pluvial adj. and n.²) + -meter comb. form². In form pluviometer probably after French pluviomètre (1788); compare -ometer comb. form.

An instrument for measuring rainfall; a rain gauge.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > rain-gauge

hyetometer1730

ombrometer1744

pluviometer1755

rain machine1768

rain gauge1770

udometer1825

hyetometrograph1886

pluviograph1886

pluvioscope1887

ombrograph1895

1755 B. Martin Misc. Corr. (1759) I. 42/2 The Pluviameter, which shews the quantity of rain falling on a given space, in a given time.

1791 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 133 In the construction of the Pluviometer..there is a method to prevent evaporation.

1818 Times 10 Jan. 2/2 By a pluviometer in the vicinity of town, it [sc. the rain] was ascertained to have fallen to the depth of 9 cubic inches in about 12 hours.

1852 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 362 It appears that rain fell for 145 days between May, 1833, and April, 1834, inclusive; the pluviameter marking it as follows.

1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. I. 148 There fell in twenty-four hours 9·12 inches measured by Pluviometer, and half the island was under water.

1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 540 The system grows every year, and when the number reaches three thousand it will represent an average of one pluviometer to 200 square kilometres of territory (50,000 acres).

1983 Soviet Meteorol. & Hydrol. 1 100 Comparative precipitation measurements have been made with standard Polish pluviometers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pluviometer
释义	pluviometern. Brit. /ˌpluːvɪˈɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌpluviˈɑmədər/ Forms: 1700s–1800s pluviameter, 1700s– pluviometer. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pluvia , -meter comb. form². Etymology: < classical Latin pluvia rain (see pluvial adj. and n.²) + -meter comb. form². In form pluviometer probably after French pluviomètre (1788); compare -ometer comb. form. An instrument for measuring rainfall; a rain gauge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > rain-gauge hyetometer1730 ombrometer1744 pluviometer1755 rain machine1768 rain gauge1770 udometer1825 hyetometrograph1886 pluviograph1886 pluvioscope1887 ombrograph1895 1755 B. Martin Misc. Corr. (1759) I. 42/2 The Pluviameter, which shews the quantity of rain falling on a given space, in a given time. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 133 In the construction of the Pluviometer..there is a method to prevent evaporation. 1818 Times 10 Jan. 2/2 By a pluviometer in the vicinity of town, it [sc. the rain] was ascertained to have fallen to the depth of 9 cubic inches in about 12 hours. 1852 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 362 It appears that rain fell for 145 days between May, 1833, and April, 1834, inclusive; the pluviameter marking it as follows. 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. I. 148 There fell in twenty-four hours 9·12 inches measured by Pluviometer, and half the island was under water. 1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 540 The system grows every year, and when the number reaches three thousand it will represent an average of one pluviometer to 200 square kilometres of territory (50,000 acres). 1983 Soviet Meteorol. & Hydrol. 1 100 Comparative precipitation measurements have been made with standard Polish pluviometers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1755
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