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Definition of Nilometer in English: Nilometernoun nʌɪˈlɒmɪtə A graduated pillar or other vertical surface that serves to indicate the height reached by the Nile during its annual floods. Example sentencesExamples - The first Nilometers and mention of their level records go back to the third millennium B.C. and even earlier.
- The elevations at the Nilometers throughout Egypt were all tied to a single common datum.
- Basic calibration still found on the Nilometer's walls were used as an efficient measurement tool.
- The readings of the Nilometers were relayed downstream to tell the height and progress of the flood, so that preparations could be made to arrange the irrigation most efficiently.
- When the water level in the Nilometer was below 6 meters, a famine occurred consequential to failed crop yield.
Derivatives adjective After a lengthened consideration of these important conditions, Mr. Horner arrived at the conclusion that any wearing away of the bed of the channel north of Semne, the site of these ancient nilometric markings, could not have taken place within the historical period. Example sentencesExamples - In addition, it has been deduced that due to the unit of measurement used in parts of the complex, the Nilometric cubit, the Copts had a large role in the construction of the site.
- The new addition to the column should be graduated with metrical height above the Mediterranean, as well as with the nilometric cubits.
Origin Early 18th century: via French nilomètre from Greek Neilometrion, from Neilos ‘Nile’ + metron ‘measure’. Definition of Nilometer in US English: Nilometernounnīˈlämədər A graduated pillar or other vertical surface, serving to indicate the height reached by the Nile during its annual floods. Example sentencesExamples - The elevations at the Nilometers throughout Egypt were all tied to a single common datum.
- The readings of the Nilometers were relayed downstream to tell the height and progress of the flood, so that preparations could be made to arrange the irrigation most efficiently.
- When the water level in the Nilometer was below 6 meters, a famine occurred consequential to failed crop yield.
- Basic calibration still found on the Nilometer's walls were used as an efficient measurement tool.
- The first Nilometers and mention of their level records go back to the third millennium B.C. and even earlier.
Origin Early 18th century: via French nilomètre from Greek Neilometrion, from Neilos ‘Nile’ + metron ‘measure’. |