Associations to the word «Nephoscope»

Wiktionary

NEPHOSCOPE, noun. An instrument for determining the direction of and angular velocity of clouds.

Dictionary definition

NEPHOSCOPE, noun. A measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats