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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > equipment > measuring devices > psychrometers
Preferred Term:

psychrometers

Definition:
An instrument for measuring the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. It has both a dry-bulb and wet-bulb thermometer. The bulb of the wet-bulb thermometer is kept moistened and is, therefore, cooled by evaporation to a temperature lower than that shown by the dry-bulb thermometer. Because evaporation is greater in dry air, the difference between the two thermometer readings will be greater when the air is dry than when it is moist.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
measuring devices
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/51736
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2014-07-31