Definition of "nephoscope" [neph•o•scope]

• An instrument for determining the direction of and angular velocity of clouds. (noun)

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• "While taking the observations at midnight, he noticed St. Elmo's fire, a "brush discharge" of electricity, on the points of the nephoscope."
• "Close by there was also a nephoscope for determining the motion of clouds."