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Weather-ometer|wɛðəˈrɒmɪtə(r)|
Also Weatherometer, weatherometer.
[f. weather n. + -ometer.]
A proprietary name for a device which subjects substances to simulated weather conditions in order to determine their weather-resistance.
1929Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 June 308/2 Atlas Electric Devices Company, Chicago, Ill... Weather⁓ometer. For Apparatus for Testing the Effect of Weather Upon the Surfaces of Objects. Claims use since Dec. 3, 1926. 1937Nature 28 Aug. 353/1 For accelerated weathering tests on various paints the weatherometer..has been used. 1951[see Fade-Ometer]. 1965New Scientist 1 July 25/3 A cyclic weatherometer developed as a screening test for new types of timber preservatives and water repellants. |