Nilometern.

Brit.

/nʌɪˈlɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/naɪˈlɑmədər/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nilomètre.

Etymology: < French nilomètre (1697) < Hellenistic Greek Νειλομέτριον a scale graduated to show the rise and fall of the Nile ( < Νεῖλος Nile n. + μέτρον metre n.¹ + -ιον , suffix forming nouns; compare -y suffix⁴); compare -meter comb. form².

a. A graduated pillar or other vertical surface serving as a scale or gauge to indicate the height to which the Nile rises during its annual floods. Also figurative.The form Nilometrion is used in R. Cumberland's essay on Jewish Measures & Weights (1686) 13, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth

Niloscope1642

Nilometer1707

fathoming-linea1800

judge1874

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 192 The Egyptians compute the Height to which the Nile rises by a Vessel which they call a Niloscope, or Nilometer.

1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. 117 There was a temple to Cnuphis in this island [sc. Elephantine], and a Nilometer to measure the rise of the Nile.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile III. 689 Omar..destroyed the Grecian Nilometer from motives of religion.

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 118 The Pyramids are the Nilometer of antiquity.

1876 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) IV. 270 A kind of Nilometer which shows the shifting levels and gathering floods of thought.

1937 American Jrnl Archaeology 41 631 A poorly built stairway serving as a Nilometer was excavated at one side of the temple.

1970 Geogr. Jrnl 136 572 Most ancient Nilometers of which traces have survived..were staircases built into a quay or wall, with a scale carved on a face of the wall.

1990 Sci. Amer. Mar. 95/1 This bulky, cheerful and hugely successful text..offers in its new second edition an unusual measure of change, one Nilometer in a digital flood.

1994 Sci. Amer. Oct. 113/1 Gauging stations..record the flow of the world's rivers, some as old as the Nilometer.

†b. A small model or representation of such an object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > three-dimensional representation > [noun] > other models

windmill1557

paper boata1637

Nilometer1794

paper airplane1921

ship in a bottle1949

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 188 A mummy..in which..idols, beetles, frogs..nilometers, &c. were found.

1848 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. Bunsen Egypt's Place I. vi. 382 [Phthah's] ordinary mode of representation is as a god holding before him with both hands the so-called Nilometer, or emblem of stability.

1848 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. Bunsen Egypt's Place I. vi. 416 Osiris..appears with a barbaric countenance, the Nilometer, and large feathers of Ammon on his head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nilometer
释义	Nilometern. Brit. /nʌɪˈlɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /naɪˈlɑmədər/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nilomètre. Etymology: < French nilomètre (1697) < Hellenistic Greek Νειλομέτριον a scale graduated to show the rise and fall of the Nile ( < Νεῖλος Nile n. + μέτρον metre n.¹ + -ιον , suffix forming nouns; compare -y suffix⁴); compare -meter comb. form². a. A graduated pillar or other vertical surface serving as a scale or gauge to indicate the height to which the Nile rises during its annual floods. Also figurative.The form Nilometrion is used in R. Cumberland's essay on Jewish Measures & Weights (1686) 13, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth Niloscope1642 Nilometer1707 fathoming-linea1800 judge1874 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 192 The Egyptians compute the Height to which the Nile rises by a Vessel which they call a Niloscope, or Nilometer. 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. 117 There was a temple to Cnuphis in this island [sc. Elephantine], and a Nilometer to measure the rise of the Nile. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile III. 689 Omar..destroyed the Grecian Nilometer from motives of religion. 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 118 The Pyramids are the Nilometer of antiquity. 1876 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) IV. 270 A kind of Nilometer which shows the shifting levels and gathering floods of thought. 1937 American Jrnl Archaeology 41 631 A poorly built stairway serving as a Nilometer was excavated at one side of the temple. 1970 Geogr. Jrnl 136 572 Most ancient Nilometers of which traces have survived..were staircases built into a quay or wall, with a scale carved on a face of the wall. 1990 Sci. Amer. Mar. 95/1 This bulky, cheerful and hugely successful text..offers in its new second edition an unusual measure of change, one Nilometer in a digital flood. 1994 Sci. Amer. Oct. 113/1 Gauging stations..record the flow of the world's rivers, some as old as the Nilometer. †b. A small model or representation of such an object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > three-dimensional representation > [noun] > other models windmill1557 paper boata1637 Nilometer1794 paper airplane1921 ship in a bottle1949 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 188 A mummy..in which..idols, beetles, frogs..nilometers, &c. were found. 1848 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. Bunsen Egypt's Place I. vi. 382 [Phthah's] ordinary mode of representation is as a god holding before him with both hands the so-called Nilometer, or emblem of stability. 1848 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. Bunsen Egypt's Place I. vi. 416 Osiris..appears with a barbaric countenance, the Nilometer, and large feathers of Ammon on his head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1707
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