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dry-bulb thermometer

[ drahy-buhlb ]

noun

  1. a thermometer having a dry bulb: used in conjunction with a wet-bulb thermometer in a psychrometer.


dry-bulb thermometer

noun

  1. an ordinary thermometer used alongside a wet-bulb thermometer to obtain relative humidity See also psychrometer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Find on the horizontal line the temperature shown by the dry-bulb thermometer.

After setting, the reading of the maximum thermometer should agree closely with that of the ordinary or dry-bulb thermometer.

The dry-bulb thermometer shows how hot one is, but it takes an instrument with a wet bulb to show how hot one feels.

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