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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hygrometer \Hy*grom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? wet, moist + -meter: cf F. hygrom[`e]tre.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere. {Daniell's hygrometer}, a form of hygrometer consisting of a bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered with muslin, the other of black glass, and containing ether and a thermometer. Ether being poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooled by the evaporation of the ether within, is soon covered with dew; at this moment, the inclosed thermometer gives the dew-point, and this compared with the reading of one in the air, determines the humidity. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hygrometer n : for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere
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