ALL meanings of wet-bulb thermometer
wet-bulb thermometer
W w - noun wet-bulb thermometer a thermometer having a bulb that is kept moistened when humidity determinations are being made with a psychrometer. 1
- noun wet-bulb thermometer a thermometer the bulb of which is covered by a moist muslin bag, used together with a dry-bulb thermometer to measure humidity 0
- noun wet-bulb thermometer a thermometer having its bulb covered with a wet cloth: the water evaporates to cool the wet bulb, and by comparing its temperature to a dry-bulb thermometer the amount of water vapor in the air can be determined 0