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atmometer Physics.|ætˈmɒmɪtə(r)| [f. Gr. ἀτµό-ς vapour + µέτρον measure: see -meter.] An instrument for determining the amount of evaporation from a moist surface in a given time.
1815Edin. Rev. XXIV. 348 Mr. Leslie has invented another instrument which..he has named the Atmometer. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 69 Meteorologists occasionally measure the rapidity of evaporation by means of..atmometers. |