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HYGROMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hygrometer mean? 

HYGROMETER (noun)
  The noun HYGROMETER has 1 sense:

1. measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphereplay

  Familiarity information: HYGROMETER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYGROMETER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hygrometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hygrometer"):

hygrodeik (a wet and dry bulb hygrometer)

hygroscope (hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere)

psychrometer (a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air)


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