Definition of hydroscopes Hydroscopes
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What does hydroscopes mean?
Wiktionary 
- hydroscopes (Noun)
Plural of hydroscope.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hydroscope (n.)
An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air. - hydroscope (n.)
A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hydroscope
hī′dro-skōp, n. a kind of water-clock, consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom. [Gr. hydōr, water, skopein, to view.]
