单词 | hydroscope |
释义 | hydroscopen.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > hygroscope hygroscope1665 hydroscope1678 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Hydroscope, a certain Instrument..for discerning of the Watry volatil streams in the Air. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 2. A kind of water-clock. Historical.It consisted of a cylindrical graduated tube, filled with water, which trickled through an aperture in the conical bottom, and marked by its subsidence the successive hours. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > water-clock water dial1546 water clock1601 water glass1633 clepsydra1646 hour water-ball1663 hydroscope1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Hydroscope was a Kind of Water-clock. 1809 Naval Chron. 21 375 The chief part of this machine is a hydroscope. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1678 |
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