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Wet-bulb thermometer

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.

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wet-bulb thermometer

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