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nounA device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.
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noungauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
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Bulgarian дъждомер
- дъждомер (dăždomer)device used to measure rainfall
Catalan pluviòmetre, udòmetre
- pluviòmetredevice used to measure rainfall
- udòmetredevice used to measure rainfall
Czech srážkoměr, dešťoměr
- srážkoměrdevice used to measure rainfall
- dešťoměrdevice used to measure rainfall
Danish regnmåler
- regnmålerdevice used to measure rainfall
Dutch regenmeter
- regenmeterdevice used to measure rainfall
Finnish sademittari
- sademittaridevice used to measure rainfall
French pluviomètre
- pluviomètredevice used to measure rainfall
German Niederschlagsmesser, Regenmesser
- Niederschlagsmesserdevice used to measure rainfall
- Regenmesserdevice used to measure rainfall
- Pluviometerdevice used to measure rainfall
Greek βροχόμετρο
- βροχόμετρο (vrochómetro)device used to measure rainfall
Italian pluviometro, udometro
- pluviometrodevice used to measure rainfall
- udometrodevice used to measure rainfall
Japanese 雨量計
- 雨量計 (uryōkei)device used to measure rainfall
Lithuanian kritùlmatis, li̇́etmatis
- kritùlmatisdevice used to measure rainfall
- li̇́etmatisdevice used to measure rainfall
Malay pluviometer
- pluviometerdevice used to measure rainfall
Polish deszczomierz, pluwiometr
- deszczomierzdevice used to measure rainfall
- pluwiometrdevice used to measure rainfall
Portuguese pluviómetro, pluviômetro
- pluviómetrodevice used to measure rainfall
- pluviômetrodevice used to measure rainfall
- pluvímetrodevice used to measure rainfall
- udómetrodevice used to measure rainfall
- udômetrodevice used to measure rainfall
Romanian pluviometru, udometru
- pluviometrudevice used to measure rainfall
- udometrudevice used to measure rainfall
Russian дождеме́р, осадкоме́р
- дождеме́р (doždemér)device used to measure rainfall
- осадкоме́р (osadkomér)device used to measure rainfall
- плювио́метр (pljuviómetr)device used to measure rainfall
Spanish pluviómetro, pluvímetro
- pluviómetrodevice used to measure rainfall
- pluvímetrodevice used to measure rainfall
- udómetrodevice used to measure rainfall
Swedish regnmätare, pluviometer
- regnmätaredevice used to measure rainfall
- pluviometerdevice used to measure rainfall
- nederbördsmätaredevice used to measure rainfall
Tagalog ulansukod
- ulansukoddevice used to measure rainfall
Turkish yağmurölçer
- yağmurölçerdevice used to measure rainfall
Vietnamese vũ lượng kế, vũ kế
- vũ lượng kếdevice used to measure rainfall
- vũ kếdevice used to measure rainfall
- máy đo lượng mưadevice used to measure rainfall
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APA
rain gauge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20gauge
MLA
“rain gauge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20gauge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rain gauge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20gauge.
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