psychrometer en · NOUN
Etymology
From psychro- + -meter.
Meanings
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Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.
2007, N. J. Livingston, G. Clarke Topp, 71: Soil Water Potential, M. R. Carter, E. G. Gregorich (editors), Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, 2nd Edition, Canadian Society of Soil Science, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 976, Psychrometers have two main components: the porous cup with its contained sensing and reference junctions and the instrument for generating the electrical current and measuring the psychrometer output.
2008, Ross Montgomery, Robert McDowall, Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Elsevier, page 132, An aspirated psychrometer combines low cost with the fundamental measurement principle of wet- and dry-bulb readings.
1982 July, Ray W. Brown, Dale L. Bartos, A Calibration Model for Screen-caged Peltier Thermocouple Psychrometers, United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service, Research Paper INT-293, page 2, Gross adjustment of the model using a small number of well controlled calibration measurements would suffice to make the model applicable to any new psychrometer or group of psychrometers.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psychrometre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| psychrometers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
psychrometric · psychrometry · also: Category:English terms prefixed with psychro-
Translations (18)
cmn 乾濕表 /干湿表 (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · el ψυχρόμετρο (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · gl psicrómetro (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · pt psicrómetro (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · vi ẩm kế (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · it psicrometro (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · ja 乾湿計 (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · ko 건습계 (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · ms psikrometer (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · es psicrómetro (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · de Luftfeuchtigkeitsmesser (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · tl lamigmigsukod (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · fr psychromètre (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · ru психро́метр (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · ca psicròmetre (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · pt psicrômetro (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · hu nedvességmérő (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) · fi psykrometri (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity)