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psychrometer


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Psychrometer  \Psy*chrom"e*ter\,  n.  [Gr.  psychro`s  cold  +  -meter: 
  cf  F.  psychrom[`e]tre.] 
  An  instrument  for  measuring  the  tension  of  the  aqueous  vapor 
  in  the  atmosphere,  being  essentially  a  wet  and  dry  bulb 
  hygrometer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  psychrometer 
  n  :  a  hygrometer  consisting  of  a  dry-bulb  and  a  wet-bulb 
  thermometer;  their  difference  indicates  the  dryness  of 
  the  surrounding  air 




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