Nephoscope

2 definitions found

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

  Nephoscope \Neph"o*scope\, n. [Gr. ne`fos a cloud + -scope.]
     (Meteorol.)
     An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.
     [1913 Webster] Nephralgia

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  nephoscope
       n : a grid-like measuring instrument for measuring the altitude,
           direction, and velocity of movement of clouds