Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several instruments that measure atmospheric humidity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring the amount of the moisture of the atmosphere, or more accurately for determining the hygrometric state or relative humidity, which is the ratio between the actual amount of water-vapor present in the air and that required in order to saturate it completely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.
- noun a form of hygrometer consisting of a bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered with muslin, the other of black glass, and containing ether and a thermometer. Ether being poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooled by the evaporation of the ether within, is soon covered with dew; at this moment, the inclosed thermometer gives the dew-point, and this, compared with the reading of one in the air, determines the humidity.
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- noun meteorology An
instrument thatmeasures thehumidity of theair or othergases , especially therelative humidity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere
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Examples
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The sharp demarcation of the western frontier by the grasshopper and the hygrometer is another, which will continue to operate until, by irrigation, tree-planting or some other device, a new climate can be manufactured for the Plains.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various
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Portnoy advises using a humidity meter, also known as a hygrometer, to keep track of the humidity levels.
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He also developed numerous other instruments, including the manometer, cyanometer, diaphonometer, anemometer and mountain eudiometer, the first electrometer (1766), a device for measuring electric potential by means of attraction or repulsion of charged bodies, and the first hygrometer, utilizing a human hair to measure humidity (1783).
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Concerned individuals can also purchase a hygrometer, which measures indoor humidity that can lead to mold, at a hardware store.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Health Risks of Mold: One Mama Bear's Concerns Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011
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And here is an electronic hygrometer recording the humidity and the temperature inside the jar thru a hole in the lid.
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Concerned individuals can also purchase a hygrometer, which measures indoor humidity that can lead to mold, at a hardware store.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Health Risks of Mold: One Mama Bear's Concerns Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011
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Concerned individuals can also purchase a hygrometer, which measures indoor humidity that can lead to mold, at a hardware store.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Health Risks of Mold: One Mama Bear's Concerns Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011
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The instrument she mentioned was the hygrometer, which measures humidity Another view, 16 May, page 19, G2.
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The humidity was at 99.9%, the end of the scale of the hygrometer.
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Before you buy a dehumidifier, figure out what the relative humidity is inside your home by using a hygrometer, which you can pick up for $20 to $40 at an electronics store like Radio Shack or a home center.
chained_bear commented on the word hygrometer
"'There is an improved dipping-needle in one of those cases, together with a very delicate hygrometer of his own invention, a better azimuth-compass than anything I possess, and a Geneva cyanograph, as well as spare thermometers graduated by Ramsden...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 32
March 3, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word hygrometer
Digital ones are usually combined with a thermometer.
December 22, 2008