psychrometer

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.
 * 2) * 1982 July, Ray W. Brown, Dale L. Bartos, A Calibration Model for Screen-caged Peltier Thermocouple Psychrometers, :, 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.
 * 1) * 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,, 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.
 * 1) * 2008, Ross Montgomery, Robert McDowall, Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems,, Elsevier, page 132,
 * An aspirated psychrometer combines low cost with the fundamental measurement principle of wet- and dry-bulb readings.

Related terms

 * See also: Category:English terms prefixed with psychro-
 * See also: Category:English terms prefixed with psychro-
 * See also: Category:English terms prefixed with psychro-

Translations

 * Catalan: psicròmetre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 乾濕表
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: psicrómetro
 * German: Luftfeuchtigkeitsmesser
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: psicrometro
 * Japanese: 乾湿計
 * Korean:
 * Malay: psikrometer
 * Portuguese: psicrómetro, psicrômetro
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: psicrómetro
 * Tagalog: lamigmigsukod