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NEPHOSCOPE

Dictionary entry overview: What does nephoscope mean?

• NEPHOSCOPE (noun)
The noun NEPHOSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds

Familiarity information: NEPHOSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEPHOSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nephoscope" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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