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单词 hydroscope
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hydroscopen.

/ˈhʌɪdrəʊskəʊp/
Etymology: modern < Greek ὑδροσκόπος ( < ὑδρο- water + -σκοπος -scope comb. form) water-seeker, well-sinker, and ὑδροσκόπιον water-clock (Synesius). In French hydroscope water-searcher.
1. An instrument for the detection of moisture in the air; a hygroscope. Obsolete.In modern dictionaries.
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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.
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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).
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