Definition of Evaporometer

1. Noun. An instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water.


Definition of Evaporometer

1. n. An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

Definition of Evaporometer

1. Noun. An instrument for measuring evaporation; an atmometer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Evaporometer

1. An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer. Origin: L. Evaporare to evaporate: cf. F. Evapormetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evaporometer

evaporates
evaporating
evaporation
evaporations
evaporative
evaporative cooler
evaporative cooling
evaporatively
evaporator
evaporators
evaporimeter
evaporimeters
evaporite
evaporites
evaporitic
evaporometer (current term)
evaporometers
evapotranspiration
evapotranspirational
evapotranspiratlon
evapotranspirator
evapourate
evar
evasible
evasion
evasional
evasions
evasive
evasive action
evasive answer

Literary usage of Evaporometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of by Thomas Russell (1895)
"The Piche evaporometer is shown in Fig. 15. It consists of a glass tube about 9 inches long and 0.4 of an inch inside diameter, graduated to equal volumes. ..."

2. Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of by Thomas Russell (1895)
"The Piche evaporometer is shown in Fig. 1 5. It consists of a glass tube about 9 inches long and 0.4 of an inch inside diameter, graduated to equal volumes. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on Surveying by American Technical Society (1920)
"The Piche evaporometer and the Richards evaporation gage are thought to give ... However, in 1888, a series of observations with a Piche evaporometer were ..."

4. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"The evaporometer lost most water in the afternoon hours. (4) The ratio between the loss of water by the pine and that by the ..."

5. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"By a comparison of the results given by this evaporometer with those obtained from a freely exposed water surface it was found that the evaporation recorded ..."

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