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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Psychrometer \Psy*chrom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. psychro`s cold + -meter: cf. F. psychrom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

psychrometer n 1: a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air