Weather-ometer
(wɛðəˈrɒmɪtə(r))
Also Weatherometer, weatherometer.
[f. weather n. + -ometer.]
A proprietary name for a device which subjects substances to simulated weather conditions in order to determine their weather-resistance.
| 1929 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 June 308/2 Atlas Electric Devices Company, Chicago, Ill... Weather⁓ometer. For Apparatus for Testing the Effect of Weather Upon the Surfaces of Objects. Claims use since Dec. 3, 1926. 1937 Nature 28 Aug. 353/1 For accelerated weathering tests on various paints the weatherometer..has been used. 1951 [see Fade-Ometer]. 1965 New Scientist 1 July 25/3 A cyclic weatherometer developed as a screening test for new types of timber preservatives and water repellants. |