Ceraunograph

/sɛˈrɔːnəɡræf/ noun

Definition

An instrument that records or measures the intensity, frequency, and location of lightning strikes during thunderstorms.

Etymology

From Greek 'keraunos' (lightning) + '-graph' (write/record), literally 'lightning writer,' designed in the 1800s to study storm patterns scientifically.

Kelly Says

Before weather radar, ceraunographs were how meteorologists could 'see' storms coming—they could literally watch electricity itself writing messages about dangerous weather approaching.

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