vũ kế
Definition
- Noun:
- Pluviometer, rain gauge: A scientific instrument used to measure the amount of liquid precipitation (rainfall) over a specific area and time period. It is a technical term.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các nhà khí tượng học dùng vũ kế để đo lượng mưa. (Meteorologists use a rain gauge to measure rainfall.)
- Số liệu từ vũ kế cho thấy trận mưa rào đêm qua rất lớn. (Data from the pluviometer shows last night's rain shower was very heavy.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "vũ kế" is considered formal and technical. In everyday conversation, the descriptive phrase "dụng cụ đo mưa" (rain measuring instrument) is more commonly understood.
- The variant "vũ lượng kế" (from = rain, = amount/quantity, = meter) is a more precise compound term that explicitly means "rain quantity meter," synonymous with pluviometer.
Variants and Related Words
- Vũ lượng kế (n): Pluviometer, rain gauge. (A full, precise form of "vũ kế").
- Dụng cụ đo mưa (n): Rain measuring instrument. (A common descriptive term).
- Khí tượng học (n): Meteorology. (The scientific field that uses a ).
Synonyms
- Rain gauge
- Pluviometer
- Ombrometer (a less common synonym)
Notes
- "Vũ kế" is a specialized scientific term. It is not used in casual daily speech but is found in technical writing, scientific reports, and formal weather-related contexts.
- The word is constructed from Sino-Vietnamese roots: "vũ" (雨 - rain) and "kế" (計 - to measure, meter).