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Definition: Psychrometer |
PsychrometerNoun1. A hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Psychrometer \Psy*chrom"e*ter\, noun. [from Greek expression psychro`s cold -meter: compare to the French expression psychrom[`e]tre.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Physics | A special type of hygrometer. They determine the humidity content by reference to the difference in the temperatures indicated by a dry thermometer which registers air temperature, and a wet thermometer whose bulb is kept continually moist. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | An instrument for measuring relative humidity by means of wet and dry-bulb temperatures. (references) |
Mining | An instrument for measuring the vapor pressure and the relative humidity of the air or the quantity of moisture in the air. It consists of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer, the latter having its bulb covered with a layer of muslin kept moist with water. The rate of evaporation from the moist muslin depends upon the quantity of moisture in the air. The more rapid the evaporation, the greater the cooling, and hence the greater the difference in the temperature readings of the twothermometers. Also called: hygrometer. (references) |
Science | An instrument designed to measure dew point and relative humidity, consisting of two thermometers (one dry bulb and one wet bulb). The dew point and humidity levels are determined by drying the wet bulb (either by fanning or whirling the instrument) and comparing the difference between the wet and dry bulbs with preexisting calculations. See hygrometer. (references) |
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Crosswords: Psychrometer |
| English words defined with "psychrometer": Psychrometrical ♦ wet-bulb thermometer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "psychrometer": AIR AND HYDRONIC BALANCING TECHNICIAN ♦ belt weather kit ♦ PROCESS CONTROLLER. (references) |
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 | Chief Boatswain Strydr Nutting slings the psychrometer to get wet and dry bulb temperatures. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Figure 37. Assman aspirating psychrometer, used to determine relative humidity by comparing dry and humid air temperatures. The instrument was designed on principles discovered by the German Ernst Ferdinand August, the director of the Gymnasium of Berlin, in 1825. Professor Richard Assman of the Meteorological Institute of Berlin, built this instrument about 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Language | Translations for "psychrometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 干湿球温度表. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | psykrometer, psycrometer, fordampningsmåler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychrometer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | psychromètre ventilé, psychromètre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Psychrometer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναρροφητικό ψυχρόμετρο, ψυχρόμετρο (cryoscope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nedvességmérõ (hygrometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | psicrometro a ventilazione, psicrometro, psicometro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 건습계. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ychrometerpsay psicrómetro de ventilação, psicrómetro. (various references) psicrometro, psicrómetro, sicometro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "psychrometer": psychrometers. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "psychrometer" (pronounced 'Psy*chrom"e*ter'): Abutter, Acater, Accelerometer, Accipiter, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Acidimeter, Acoumeter, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aerometer, Aflutter, Aglitter, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleurometer, Algometer, Alkalimeter, Allotter, Altimeter, Altometer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angulometer, Animater, Anthracometer, Antimeter, Antitrochanter, Apomecometer, Apporter, Araeometer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Areometer, Arithmometer, Astrolater, Astrometer, Astrophotometer, Atmidometer, Atmometer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-m-o-p-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: hypsometer, pyrometers. | |
-3 letters: cerotypes, comethers, coryphees, hemocytes, mesophyte, pyrometer, receptors, rhymester, secretory, torcheres. | |
-4 letters: cerotype, chompers, coherers, comether, compeers, comperes, competes, corsetry, coryphee, ecotypes, emperors, erectors, hemocyte, herstory, orphreys, oysterer, perchers, premorse, prescore, receptor, secretor, serotype, sheepcot, smothery, theorems, torchere, trochees. | |
-5 letters: cermets, cheeros, chomper, chromes, coempts, coherer, coheres, compeer, compere, compete, copters, cotypes. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-m-o-p-r-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: psychrometers. | |
+2 letters: petrochemistry, psychrometries. | |
+4 letters: electromyographs. | |
+5 letters: spectrophotometry. | |
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