hy·grom·e·ter

(hī-grŏm′ĭ-tər)

Any of several instruments that measure atmospheric humidity.

hy′gro·met′ric (hī′grə-mĕt′rĭk) adj.

hy·grom′e·try n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hygrometer

(haɪˈɡrɒmɪtə)

(Physical Geography) any of various instruments for measuring humidity

hygrometric, hygrometrical adj

ˌhygroˈmetrically adv

hyˈgrometry n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hy•grom•e•ter

(haɪˈgrɒm ɪ tər)

n.

any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere.

[1660–70]

hy•gro•met•ric (ˌhaɪ grəˈmɛ trɪk) adj.

hy•grom′e•try, n.

hy·grom·e·ter

(hī-grŏm′ĭ-tər)

An instrument that measures the humidity of the air.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hygrometer

an instrument for measuring the amount of moisture in the air.

hygrometer

A piece of equipment for measuring the percentage humidity of the air.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hygrometer - measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

hygrodeik - a wet and dry bulb hygrometer

hygroscope - hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere

measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

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

Translations

hygromètre

igrometro

hygrometer

[haɪˈgrɒmɪtəʳ] n → igrometro

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Some are known to you, such as the thermometer, which gives the internal temperature of the Nautilus; the barometer, which indicates the weight of the air and foretells the changes of the weather; the hygrometer, which marks the dryness of the atmosphere; the storm-glass, the contents of which, by decomposing, announce the approach of tempests; the compass, which guides my course; the sextant, which shows the latitude by the altitude of the sun; chronometers, by which I calculate the longitude; and glasses for day and night, which I use to examine the points of the horizon, when the Nautilus rises to the surface of the waves."

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The hygrometer gave a difference of 29.6 degs., between the temperature of the air, and the point at which dew was precipitated.

View in context

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