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Noun: rain gage
Usage: US (elsewhere: rain gauge)
  1. Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
    "The meteorologist checked the rain gage to determine the amount of rainfall";
    - rain gauge, pluviometer, udometer

Derived forms: rain gages

Type of: gage [N. Amer, rare], gauge

Encyclopedia: Rain gage