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wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
wet-and-dry-bul-b hy-grom-e-ter
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hygrometer consisting of two thermometers, the bulb of one of which is kept wet and shows a lower temperature; the relative humidity is obtained from the two temperatures using tables.

Inflected Forms

wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometers (plural)

Questions

What does wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer mean?
A hygrometer consisting of two thermometers, the bulb of one of which is kept wet and shows a lower temperature; the relative humidity is obtained from the two temperatures using tables.

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