wet-bulb thermometer

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wet-bulb thermometer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wet-bulb thermometer \Wet-bulb thermometer\ (Physics)
     That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer
     the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

wet-bulb thermometer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wet-bulb thermometer
      n 1: a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist
           muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity [ant:
           dry-bulb thermometer]