"psychrometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: psychrometers [plural]
Etymology: psychro- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|psychro|meter}} psychro- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} psychrometer (plural psychrometers)
  1. (meteorology) Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer. Wikipedia link: Stevenson screen, psychrometer Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Meteorology Synonyms: psychrometre [nonstandard, rare] Derived forms: sling psychrometer Related terms: psychrometric, psychrometry, also: Category:English terms prefixed with psychro- Translations (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity): psicròmetre [masculine] (Catalan), 乾濕表 (Chinese Mandarin), 干湿表 (gānshībiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), psykrometri (Finnish), psychromètre [masculine] (French), psicrómetro [masculine] (Galician), Luftfeuchtigkeitsmesser [masculine] (German), ψυχρόμετρο (psychrómetro) [neuter] (Greek), nedvességmérő (Hungarian), psicrometro [masculine] (Italian), 乾湿計 (kanshitsukei) (Japanese), 건습계 (geonseupgye) (Korean), psikrometer (Malay), psicrómetro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), psicrômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), психро́метр (psixrómetr) [masculine] (Russian), psicrómetro [masculine] (Spanish), lamigmigsukod (Tagalog)

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