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Meaning of fluviograph | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.

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Examples

“We represent in the annexed engravings, for which we are indebted to La Nature, two new registering devices, one termed the marograph, designed for tide measurements, the other the fluviograph, intended for similar examination of river and canal levels.”
“By fluviograph and rating table the volume was 19,636 cubic feet, the difference .being explained by the fact that the river was falling rapidly.”
“More records, however, are at hand for Gamboa than for Bohio, and the lowest reading at the Gamboa fluviograph occurred in the spring of 1901, when for a period of about two and one-half months the fluviograph at Gamboa indicated a stage of less than 14 meters almost continuously.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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