Definitions for psychrometer
saɪˈkrɒm ɪ tərpsy·chrom·e·ter

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1. psychrometernoun

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

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1. psychrometernoun

   Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.

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1. psychrometer

   A hygrometer is an instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor in air, in soil, or in confined spaces. Humidity measurement instruments usually rely on measurements of some other quantities such as temperature, pressure, mass, a mechanical or electrical change in a substance as moisture is absorbed. By calibration and calculation, these measured quantities can lead to a measurement of humidity. Modern electronic devices use the temperature of condensation (called the dew point), or they sense changes in electrical capacitance or resistance to measure humidity differences. A crude hygrometer was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480. Major leaps came forward during the 1600s; Francesco Folli invented a more practical version of the device, while Robert Hooke improved a number of meteorological devices including the hygrometer. A more modern version was created by Swiss polymath Johann Heinrich Lambert in 1755. Later, in the year 1783, Swiss physicist and Geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure invented the first hygrometer using human hair to measure humidity. The maximum amount of water vapor that can be held in a given volume of air (saturation) varies greatly by temperature; cold air can hold less mass of water per unit volume than hot air. Temperature can change humidity.

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1. psychrometer

   A psychrometer is a type of hygrometer, a device that is used to measure the amount of humidity or water vapor in the atmosphere. It consists of two thermometers, one of which is dry (dry-bulb thermometer) and the other is kept moist with distilled water (wet-bulb thermometer). The difference in readings between the two thermometers allows for the calculation of the amount of moisture in the air.

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1. Psychrometernoun

   an instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer

2. Etymology: [Gr. psychro`s cold + -meter: cf. F. psychromtre.]

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1. Psychrometer

   sī-krom′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring the tension of aqueous vapour in the atmosphere: a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.—adjs. Psychromet′ric, -al.—ns. Psychrom′etry; Psychrophō′bia, morbid impressibility to cold; Psy′chrophore, a refrigerating instrument like a catheter for cooling the urethra. [Gr. psychros, cold, psychein, to blow, metron, a measure.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of psychrometer in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of psychrometer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=psychrometer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Psychrometer
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychrometer
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychrometer
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=psychrometer