meteorometer

English

Etymology

From meteoro- +‎ -meter.

Noun

meteorometer (plural meteorometers)

1. An apparatus that automatically transmits atmospheric measurements to a central station.
2. (science fiction) A device for locating meteors.
   • 2013, Edmond Hamilton, The Magician of Mars, page .:

     By gravitometer and meteorometer readings, Curt located the few solid bodies in the cloud

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “meteorometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)