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NEPHOSCOPE
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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
Sense 1
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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