"hygroscope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hygroscopes [plural]
Etymology: hygro- + -scope Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hygro|scope}} hygro- + -scope Head templates: {{en-noun}} hygroscope (plural hygroscopes)
  1. An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity Related terms: hygroscopic Translations (instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity): hygroscope [masculine] (French), tais-scóp [masculine] (Irish), igroscopio [masculine] (Italian), drėgmėrodis [masculine] (Lithuanian), vlagomjer [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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