n.
Pronunciation: s ī - ' krä-m ə -t ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: circa 1741
: a hygrometer consisting essentially of two similar thermometers with the bulb of one being kept wet so that the cooling that results from evaporation makes it register a lower temperature than the dry one and with the difference between the readings constituting a measure of the dryness of the atmosphere
– psy · chro · met · ric \ ˌ s ī -kr ə - ' me-trik \ adjective
– psy · chrom · e · try \ s ī - ' krä-m ə -tr ē \ noun