Usually means: Instrument measuring rainfall in millimeters.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word rain gauge:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. rain gauge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rain gauge: Merriam-Webster
  3. rain gauge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rain gauge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rain gauge: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rain gauge: Vocabulary.com
  7. rain-gauge, rain gauge: Wordnik
  8. rain gauge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rain gauge: Wiktionary
  10. rain gauge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rain gauge: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rain gauge, rain gauge: Dictionary.com
  13. Rain gauge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. rain gauge: Rhymezone
  15. Rain Gauge: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. rain gauge: FreeDictionary.org
  17. rain gauge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. rain gauge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rain gauge: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rain gauge)

▸ noun:  (meteorology) A device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.

Similar:
rainmeter, udometer, hyetometer, ombrometer, meteorograph, pluvioscope, pluviometer, pluviograph, udometry, water meter, more...

Opposite:
evaporimeter, hygrometer, barometer, thermometer

Types:
tipping bucket, weighing, float, more...

Adjectives:
aneroid, submeter, a, sg, oscillometric, manual, metered, sounding, spirometric, hygrometric, holosteric

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Similar:
rainmeter, udometer, hyetometer, ombrometer, meteorograph, pluvioscope, pluviometer, pluviograph, udometry, water meter, more...

Opposite:
evaporimeter, hygrometer, barometer, thermometer

Types:
tipping bucket, weighing, float, more...

Adjectives:
aneroid, submeter, a, sg, oscillometric, manual, metered, sounding, spirometric, hygrometric, holosteric



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