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a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity

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  1. n. a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
  2. That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.
  3. That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer thebulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.