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Definition: Nilometer
Nilometer
\Ni*lom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ?; Nei^los the Nile + ?
measure: cf. F. nilom[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile
during its periodical flood.
[1913 Webster]