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dry-bulb thermometer
[ drahy-buhlb ]
noun
- a thermometer having a dry bulb: used in conjunction with a wet-bulb thermometer in a psychrometer.
dry-bulb thermometer
noun
- an ordinary thermometer used alongside a wet-bulb thermometer to obtain relative humidity See also psychrometer
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Find on the horizontal line the temperature shown by the dry-bulb thermometer.
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After setting, the reading of the maximum thermometer should agree closely with that of the ordinary or dry-bulb thermometer.
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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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