Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
psy·chrom·e·ter Pronunciation:
sI-'kräm-&t-&r Function:
noun : a hygrometer consisting essentially of twosimilar thermometers with the bulb of one being kept wet so that the cooling that results from evaporation makes it register a lower temperature than the dry one and with the difference between thereadings constituting a measure of the dryness of the atmosphere —
psy·chro·met·ric /"sI-kr&-'me-trik/ adjective —
psy·chrom·e·try /sI-'kräm-&-trE/ noun plural -tries