"drosometer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɹə(ʊ)ˈsɒmɪtə(ɹ)/ Forms: drosometers [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + -meter. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|δρόσος||dew}} Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”), {{suffix|en||meter}} + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} drosometer (plural drosometers)
  1. A device for measuring the amount of dew on a surface. Wikipedia link: drosometer
    Sense id: en-drosometer-en-noun-aCgT-8Td Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -meter

Inflected forms

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