weighing rain gage

weighing rain gage

[′wā·iŋ ′rān gāj]

(engineering)

A type of recording rain gage, consisting of a receiver in the shape of a funnel which empties into a bucket mounted upon a weighing mechanism; the weight of the catch is recorded, on a clock-driven chart, as inches of precipitation; used at climatological stations.

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