Hygrometer

Hy-grom′e-ter

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] wet, moist +

-meter

: cf. F.

hygromètre

.]

(Physics)

An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.

Hygrometer

HYGROM'ETER

,

Noun.

[Gr. moist, and measure.] An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.

Hygrometer

See also: hygrometer

German

Noun

Hygrometer n ‎(genitive Hygrometers, plural Hygrometer)

(meteorology) hygrometer

hygrometer

See also: Hygrometer

English

Alternative forms

hygrometre (nonstandard)

Noun

hygrometer ‎(plural hygrometers)

(meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.

Translations

instrument that measures humidity

Arabic: جهاز قياس الرطوبة m ‎(jahāz qiyāz al-ruṭūba)
Armenian: խոնաւաչափ ‎(xonawačʿapʿ)
Asturian: higrómetru m
Basque: higrometro
Belarusian: гігрометр m ‎(hihromjetr)
Bulgarian: влагомер m ‎(vlagomer)
Catalan: higròmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 濕度計 (zh) ‎(shīdùjì)
Czech: vlhkoměr (cs) m
Danish: hygrometer (da) n
Dutch: hygrometer (nl) m
Esperanto: higrometro, higroskopo
Estonian: niiskusmõõtur
Finnish: kosteusmittari
French: hygromètre (fr) m
Galician: higrómetro m
German: Hygrometer (de) n
Greek: υγρόμετρο (el) n ‎(ygrómetro)
Hebrew: היגרומטר (he) m ‎(higrométer)
Icelandic: rakamælir n
Ido: higrometro (io)
Indonesian: higrometer (id)
Irish: taismhéadar m
Italian: igrometro m
Japanese: 湿度計 ‎(しつどけい, shitsudokei)
Khmer: មេឃមាត្រ ‎(meek miet)

Korean: 습도계 (ko) ‎(seupdogye)
Latvian: higrometrs m
Lithuanian: drėgmėmatis m
Macedonian: влагомер m ‎(vlágomer), хигрометар m ‎(higrométar)
Malay: jangka lembap, higrometer
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hygrometer n

Nynorsk: hygrometer n
Persian: نم‌سنج
Polish: wilgotnościomierz m
Portuguese: higrômetro (pt) m
Romanian: higrometru (ro) m
Russian: гигро́метр (ru) m ‎(gigrómetr), влагоме́р (ru) m ‎(vlagomér)
Scots: hygrometer
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: влагомјер m, влагомер m

Roman: vlagomjer m, vlagomer m
Slovak: vlhkomer m
Slovene: higrometer m
Spanish: higrómetro (es) m
Swedish: hygrometer (sv) c
Tagalog: damigsukod
Turkish: higrometre (tr)
Ukrainian: гігрометр m ‎(hihrometr)
Vietnamese: cái đo ẩm

Derived terms

wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer

References

“hygrometer” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Webster 1913 Edition

Hygrometer

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Hygrometer

HYGROM'ETER

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Hygrometer

Hygrometer

German

Noun

hygrometer

hygrometer

English

Alternative forms

Noun

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