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brontometer

brontometer noun: an instrument for noting or recording the phenomena that accompany a thunderstorm.

Noun

brontometer (plural brontometers)

  1. (dated) An instrument for noting or recording the phenomena that accompany a thunderstorm.
    • The fans make one revolution for each metre of wind that passes, and send an electric current to the brontometer, where it acts on an electro-magnet, and tends to draw this (2nd) pen towards the left; but a train of clockwork is constantly tending to draw the pen to the right, the joint result...1890 May 8, The Meteorological Magazine, page 195

Forms of brontometer

pluralbrontometers

Origin of brontometer

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -meter.

Questions about brontometer

What does brontometer mean?
Brontometer means an instrument for noting or recording the phenomena that accompany a thunderstorm.
What part of speech is brontometer?
Brontometer is a noun.
What is the plural of brontometer?
The plural of brontometer is brontometers.

Words near brontometer in the dictionary

  1. brontograph
  2. brontographs
  3. brontologies
  4. brontology
  5. brontomancy
  6. brontometer
  7. brontometers
  8. brontophobia
  9. brontornithid
  10. brontornithids
  11. brontos

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