HyperDic: dry-bulb_thermometer

English > 1 sense of the expression dry-bulb thermometer:
NOUNartifactdry-bulb thermometeran ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb
English > dry-bulb thermometer: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature.
Part ofpsychrometerA hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer
Broaderthermometermeasuring instrument for measuring temperature
Oppositewet-bulb thermometerA thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin

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