- sling psychrometer
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a form of psychrometer in which the pair of thermometers are attached to a cord and spun round in the air
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sling psychrometer — noun Etymology: sling (III) : a psychrometer that can be whirled in the air until the reading of the wet bulb thermometer reaches a constant value * * * a psychrometer so designed that the wet bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite… … Useful english dictionary
sling psychrometer — An instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor or relative humidity in the air. It is a combination of wet and dry bulb thermometers mounted on a frame with a handle that allows it to be swung around to permit air to move across the… … Aviation dictionary
sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air. * * * … Universalium
sling psychrometer — an instrument in which the thermometers are swung through the air to facilitate evaporation from the wet bulb … Medical dictionary
sling psychrometer — Measuring device with wet and dry bulb thermometers. Moved rapidly in air, it measures relative humidity … Dictionary of automotive terms
psychrometer — A device for measuring the humidity of the atmosphere by the difference in temperature between two thermometers, the bulb of one kept moist, the other dry. Evaporation from the moist bulb lowers the reading of that thermometer; the greater the… … Medical dictionary
psychrometer — 1. An instrument used for measuring relative humidity. The simplest sling psychrometers consist of two thermometers mounted on a rotating frame. One thermometer s bulb is kept moist, the other dry. By comparing the wet bulb and dry bulb… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Hygrometer — Not to be confused with hydrometer. A hygrometer (UK: /haɪˈɡrɒmɪtə/) is an instrument used for measuring the moisture content in the environmental air, or humidity. Most measurement devices usually rely on measurements of some other quantity … Wikipedia
Psychrometrics — or psychrometry are terms used to describe the field of engineering concerned with the determination of physical and thermodynamic properties of gas vapor mixtures. The term derives from the Greek psuchron (ψυχρόν) (… … Wikipedia
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