See Also: Nilometer(dictionary)

skiagram (iou) and Nilometer (iou)


skiagram (iou)



skiagram noun. Also skiogram. E19.
[formed as SKIAGRAPH + -GRAM.]
A picture or figure consisting of the outline of an object filled in with black; a silhouette. rare. E19.
= SKIAGRAPH noun. Now rare or obsolete. L19.

Nilometer (iou)



Nilometer noun. E18.
[from NILE + -OMETER, after Greek Neilometrion.]
A graduated pillar or Other vertical surface, serving to indicate the height to which the Nile rises during its annual floods.
Nilo'metric adjective of or pertaining to a Nilometer or the measurement of the height of the Nile E20.