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rain gauge

rain gauge noun: a device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.

rain gauge: a device used in meteorology to measure rainfall
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Noun

rain gauge (plural rain gauges)

  1. A device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.
    Synonyms:
    pluviometer

rain gauge meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay

rain gauge in Tamil

மழை அளவி, மழைமானி, மழையளவி

rain gauge in Kannada

ಮಳೆ ಮಾಪಕ, ವೃಷ್ಟಿಮಾಪಕ, ವರ್ಷಮಾಪಕ

rain gauge in Tagalog

device used to measure rainfall
ulansukod

rain gauge in Malay

device used to measure rainfall
pluviometer
More languagesFewer languages
rain gauge in Vietnamese
vũ lượng kế, vũ kế, máy đo lượng mưa

Synonyms of rain gauge

Forms of rain gauge

pluralrain gauges

Questions about rain gauge

What does rain gauge mean?
Rain gauge means a device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.
What is rain gauge in Tamil?
Rain gauge in Tamil is மழை அளவி, மழைமானி, மழையளவி. See Rain gauge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rain gauge?
Rain gauge is a noun.
What is the plural of rain gauge?
The plural of rain gauge is rain gauges.

Words near rain gauge in the dictionary

  1. rain frogs
  2. rain gage
  3. rain gages
  4. rain garden
  5. rain gardens
  6. rain gauge
  7. rain gauges
  8. rain gutter
  9. rain gutters
  10. rain hat
  11. rain hats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rain gauge (page history and authors); rain gauge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rain gauge (Kannada 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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