Stevenson screen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A standardized shelter that holds meteorological instruments and protects them from directly being influenced by wind, sunlight and rain.

Word forms

Stevenson screen Stevenson screens

Etymology

Designed by Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), British civil engineer.

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