Drosometer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drosometer \Dro*som"e*ter\, n. [Gr. dro`sos dew + -meter: cf. F.
     drosom[`e]tre.] (Meteorol.)
     An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the
     surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance,
     having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the
     other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.


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