百葉箱
also: ひゃくようそう
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Meanings
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Stevenson screen; instrument shelter
A louvered box used at weather stations to house thermometers and other instruments, protecting them from direct sunlight and precipitation while allowing air circulation.
A white Stevenson screen is placed in the garden of the meteorological observatory.
Check the thermometer inside the instrument shelter.