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nilometer

nilometer noun: a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood.

Noun

nilometer (plural nilometers)

  1. a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood
    Synonyms:
    Niloscope

nilometer meaning in Tamil

nilometer in Tamil

ஆற்று மட்டமானி

Synonyms of nilometer

Forms of nilometer

pluralnilometers
alternative formNilometer

Origin of nilometer

From Nile + -o- + -meter.

Questions about nilometer

What does nilometer mean?
Nilometer means a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood.
What is nilometer in Tamil?
Nilometer in Tamil is ஆற்று மட்டமானி. See Nilometer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nilometer?
Nilometer is a noun.
What is the plural of nilometer?
The plural of nilometer is nilometers.

Words near nilometer in the dictionary

  1. Nilo-Hamitic
  2. Nilo-Saharan
  3. Nilo-Saharanist
  4. Nilo-Saharanists
  5. Nilofer
  6. nilometer
  7. nilometers
  8. nilometric
  9. Niloscope
  10. Niloscopes
  11. Nilot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nilometer (page history and authors); nilometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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