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Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1982 July, Ray W. Brown, Dale L. Bartos, A Calibration Model for Screen-caged Peltier Thermocouple Psychrometers, United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service, Research Paper INT-293, page 2, Gross adjustment of the model using a small number of well controlled calibration measurements would suffice to make the model applicable to any new psychrometer or group of psychrometers.
- 2007, N. J. Livingston, G. Clarke Topp, 71: Soil Water Potential, M. R. Carter, E. G. Gregorich (editors), Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, 2nd Edition, Canadian Society of Soil Science, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 976, Psychrometers have two main components: the porous cup with its contained sensing and reference junctions and the instrument for generating the electrical current and measuring the psychrometer output.
- 2008, Ross Montgomery, Robert McDowall, Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Elsevier, page 132, An aspirated psychrometer combines low cost with the fundamental measurement principle of wet- and dry-bulb readings.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hygrometer
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
psicròmetre
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Chinese Mandarin:
乾濕表 /干湿表
(gānshībiǎo)
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Finnish:
psykrometri
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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French:
psychromètre
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Galician:
psicrómetro
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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German:
Luftfeuchtigkeitsmesser
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Greek:
ψυχρόμετρο
(psychrómetro)
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Hungarian:
nedvességmérő
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Italian:
psicrometro
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Japanese:
乾湿計
(kanshitsukei)
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Korean:
건습계
(geonseupgye)
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Malay:
psikrometer
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Portuguese:
psicrómetro
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Portuguese:
psicrômetro
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Russian:
психро́метр
(psixrómetr)
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Spanish:
psicrómetro
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Tagalog:
lamigmigsukod
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
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Vietnamese:
ẩm kế
— instrument which measures atmospheric humidity
