noun
definition
An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.
Examples of hygrometer in a Sentence
Most greenhouse owners purchase a simple thermometer and hygrometer that can be installed inside the greenhouse so they can keep an eye on temperature and relative humidity.
There weren't any high tech gadgets, like a hygrometer, to ensure that batches of wine turned out well.
He also invented an improved form of hygrometer, a description of which, together with accounts of various observations and experiments made by him, was published in the Phil.
The simplest mechanical hygrometer uses a single human hair to determine humidity.
The cautious grower will always monitor the humidity in his growroom which is measured by another simple device called a hygrometer.
An air hygrometer nearly always indicates readings higher than the real values.
Hygrometer - a meter for measuring the relative humidity in the air.
He invented a differential thermometer, a hygrometer and a photometer, and wrote An Experimental Inquiry into Heat in 1804.
In 1687 he presented to the Academy of Sciences an hygrometer of his own invention, and in 1695 he published his only book, Remarques et experiences physiques sur la construction d'une nouvelle clepsydre, sur les barometees, les thermometres et les hygrometres.
This is measured using a hygrometer, usually the glass floating type similar to those used by the home brew enthusiasts.
The whirling hygrometer offers the maximum level of accuracy due to the nature of measurement.
For accurate results the value of humidity should be verified using a calibrated hygrometer.
Interest in meteorology His meteorological observations began in earnest in 1820 when he developed a new device, the dew-point hygrometer.
He also paid attention to hygrometry and devised a hygrometer in which a cooled metal surface is used for the deposition of moisture.