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pluviometer|pluːvɪˈɒmɪtə(r)|
(Also erron. -iameter.)
[f. L. pluvia rain + -meter. So F. pluviomètre (1788 in Hatz.-D.).]
An instrument for measuring the rainfall; a rain-gauge.
1791Gentl. Mag. LXI. i. 133 In the construction of the Pluviometer..there is a method to prevent evaporation. 1828–32Webster, Pluviameter (cites Jrnl. Sci.). 1834Nat. Philos. III. Phys. Geog. 40/1 (U. Knl. Soc.), Observing the height of the water collected in a pluviometer or rain⁓gauge. 1863R. F. Burton West Africa I. 148 There fell in twenty-four hours 9·12 inches measured by Pluviometer, and half the island was under water.
Hence pluvioˈmetric a., pertaining to the measurement of rainfall; pluviometric coefficient (see quot. 1917); so pluvioˈmetrical a.; whence pluvioˈmetrically adv.; also pluviˈometry, the measurement of rainfall.
1884Daily News 2 Jan. 5/8 The Committee of the Central Meteorological Society, Switzerland, has resolved to establish..a great number of observatories, which will be known as *pluviometric stations. 1905Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 2/1 In Indo-China alone there are 345 pluviometric stations. 1917A. McAdie Princ. Aërography xv. 218 The term ‘pluviometric coefficient’ was introduced by Angot to indicate the ratio of the mean daily rainfall of a particular month to the mean daily rainfall of the whole year. 1944S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in Backlands i. 46 Torrential rains..giving rise to higher pluviometric readings than in..fertile lands of plenty. 1959R. E. Huschke Gloss. Meteorol. 428 Seen collectively, the twelve pluviometric coefficients describe the normal month-to-month distribution of the normal annual precipitation in terms of each month's ‘share’ of the annual amount.
1818Niles' Register 17 Jan. 331/2 *Pluviometrical Observations. 1828–32Webster, Pluviametrical. 1882Nature XXV. 592/2 The number of pluviometrical stations in the whole of France is 1561.
1890Cent. Dict., *Pluviometrically, *Pluviometry. |