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nepho·scope
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Princeton's WordNet
nephoscopenoun
a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds
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nephoscopenoun
An instrument for determining the direction of and angular velocity of clouds.
Wikipedia
Nephoscope
A nephoscope is a 19th-century instrument for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of clouds, using transit-time measurement. This is different from a nephometer, which is an instrument used in measuring the amount of cloudiness.
Webster Dictionary
Nephoscopenoun
an instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity
Etymology: [Gr. ne`fos a cloud + -scope.]
Wikidata
Nephoscope
Nephoscope is an instrument for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of clouds. There are several types of nephoscopes: ⁕the comb nephoscope developed by Besson; ⁕the mirror nephoscope developed by Finemann; ⁕the grid nephoscope, a variation on the comb modified by the Norwegians. Also a type of nephoscope was invented by Mikhail Pomortsev in 1894 in Russia. The nephoscope is used as a grid to measure the clouds.It is also used to find the movements of clouds.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nephoscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nephoscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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