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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nephoscope \Neph"o*scope\, n. [Gr. ne`fos a cloud + -scope.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity. [1913 Webster] Nephralgia
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nephoscope n 1: a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds