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Definition of Atmometer
1. Noun. An instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water.
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Definition of Atmometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.
Definition of Atmometer
1. Noun. An instrument that measures the rate of evaporation of a liquid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atmometer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Atmometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atmometer
Literary usage of Atmometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"For use with very porous atmometer cups, the writer has employed a simple ...
Each of the smaller ones is 1 Livingston, BE A rain-correcting atmometer for ..."
2. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1823)
"Mr Anderson of Perth has invented a new atmometer, for measuring the spontaneous
... This instrument is quite different from the atmometer described by Mr ..."
3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1813)
"atmometer. Professor Leslie, of Edinburgh, to whom the scientific world lies under
... A representation of Mr. Leslie's atmometer is given in the margin, ..."
4. What to Observe: Or, The Traveller's Remembrancer by Julian R. Jackson (1841)
"atmometer FOR ESTIMATING THE EXTENT OF EVAPORATION. Leslie very justly says, that
observations on evaporation are as interesting as those on the fall of ..."
5. Hydraulia, an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Water Works of by William Matthews (1835)
"atmometer. Principle of Filtration. Lisbon Aqueduct, and plan of supplying the
Inhabitants. Algiers. Malta. Superiority of the means adopted in Great ..."
6. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1813)
"atmometer. Professor Leslie, of Edinburgh, to whom the scientific world lies
under such obligations for his important discoveries on heat, ..."
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