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单词 ombrometer
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ombrometern.

Brit. /ɒmˈbrɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ɑmˈbrɑmədər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ombro- comb. form, -meter comb. form2.
Etymology: < ombro- comb. form + -meter comb. form2.
Meteorology. Now rare.
A rain gauge.
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1744 R. Pickering in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 12 Of the Ombrometer. This Machine consists of a tin Funnel, whose Surface is an Inch square, a flat Board, and a glass Tube let into the Middle of it in a Groove.., and an Index.
1794 Gentleman's Mag. 64 i. 295 I found a very brief description of an instrument of this kind, but under the word ombrometer.
1835 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 125 164 The ombrometer was made of brass, neatly finished.
1888 Science 23 Nov. 242/1 Uniform ombrometers were used and very carefully placed.
1906 W. Marriott Hints to Meteorol. Observers (ed. 6) 67/2 Ombrometer, a rain gauge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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