fluviograph
fluviograph noun: an instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
Noun
fluviograph (plural fluviographs)
- An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
- We represent in the annexed engravings, for which we are indebted to La Nature, two new registering devices, one termed the marograph, designed for tide measurements, the other the fluviograph, intended for similar examination of river and canal levels.1875 October 9, Scientific American, page 227
- By fluviograph and rating table the volume was 19,636 cubic feet, the difference .being explained by the fact that the river was falling rapidly.1903, Factory and Industrial Management, volume 24, page 345
Forms of fluviograph
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Origin of fluviograph
From fluvio- + graph.
Questions about fluviograph
- What does fluviograph mean?
- Fluviograph means an instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
- What part of speech is fluviograph?
- Fluviograph is a noun.
- What is the plural of fluviograph?
- The plural of fluviograph is fluviographs.
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