psychrometers

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005287",
  "term": "psychrometers",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An instrument for measuring the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. It has both a dry-bulb and wet-bulb thermometer. The bulb of the wet-bulb thermometer is kept moistened and is, therefore, cooled by evaporation to a temperature lower than that shown by the dry-bulb thermometer. Because evaporation is greater in dry air, the difference between the two thermometer readings will be greater when the air is dry than when it is moist.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "measuring devices"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "psicrómetros"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/psychrometers/"
}