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■ noun a hygrometer consisting of wet- and dry-bulb thermometers, the difference in the two thermometer readings being used to determine atmospheric humidity.
Origin
C18: from Gk psukhros 'cold' + -meter .
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■ noun a hygrometer consisting of wet- and dry-bulb thermometers, the difference in the two thermometer readings being used to determine atmospheric humidity.
Origin
C18: from Gk psukhros 'cold' + -meter .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004