rain gauge
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Noun (1)
- gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitationSynonyms: rain gagepluviometerudometerType of gauge, gageKinds float-type rain gage, float-type rain gauge
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rain gauge
an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
From the entry Gauge.
Rain gauge
an instrument of various forms for measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer.
From the entry Rain.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54