### device | instrument | measuring device | radar:

Weather radar
* All weather radars send out radio waves from an antenna.
* are vital for detecting and monitoring the movement and development of severe storms.
* can detect six different intensities of precipitation, assigning a color to each
  - provide valuable information on space-time variations in rainfall
* is radar.
* operates in the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
* play a vital role in short term weather forecasting and for meteorological research.
* provides important information on where rain or snow is falling.
* sends out radio waves from an antenna.
* transmit electro-magnetic waves.
* transmits microwaves and then measures the waves reflected back to it.
* very useful tool to detect the presence of hail-producing thunderstorms.

### device | instrument | measuring device:

Ruler
* All rulers are responsible for collecting taxes and providing troops for the crown.
* Find heads of state worldwide.
* Locate current and past leaders of most countries around the world.
* Some rulers speak of their own dynastic deity.
  * A 'ruler'A ruler is also called a 'rule'. is an instrument of measurement. Rulers measure length. Length is how long or short something is. Rulers can also be used as a straight edge to draw lines with.
  * come in many different forms. They can be made of plastic, wood and metal, and other materials. Rulers also come in a variety of lengths. These are examples of metric rulers. These are examples of imperial rulers.
* are for measuring things.
* are located in cabinets
  - desks
  - drawers
  - offices
  - people
  - responsible for nurturing obedience and morality in society as a whole
  - special people which can summon monsters
  - straights
  - used for measuring
* have effects
  - power
* implement a correspondence between units and numbers.
* includes sections.
* make it easy to cut and measure exact length and width of paper pieces.
* provides a list of the current heads of state and other leaders from around the world.
* rule and rule autonomously.

### device | instrument | measuring device | ruler | potentate:

Autocrat
* are big on rules, but low on relationships.
* forbid religious sacrament and prohibit a miraculous medicine.
* rule many parts of the Muslim world.

Tyrant
* are certainties made flesh
  - consummate liars
  - dictators
  - most dangerous when they are wounded and dying
  - powerful only when they have mobs of fools to carry out their tyrannies
* can kill the body.

Seismograph
* Some seismographs can detect ground motion as small as one-tenth of a nanometer.
* are instruments used to record and measure earthquakes
  - scrolls of a paper that move during an earthquake
* flicker back and forth measuring tremors deep inside the mountain.
* measure the energy indirectly by using the inertia of a floating object.

### device | instrument | measuring device | sextant:

Astrolabe
* are disks marked along the edges with degrees of the circle and with movable pointers
  - scientific instruments used for reckoning time and for observational purposes
* show how the sky looks at a specific place at a given time.

Speedometer
* Many speedometers have a trip odometer that can be reset to zero at the beginning of a trip.
* Some speedometers are part of ambulances
  - automobiles
  - cars
  - go-karts
  - motorbikes
  - taxis
  - trucks
* are meters
  - part of motor vehicles

Tachometer
* are gauges.
* is an instrument