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dry-bulb thermometer A thermometer with an uncovered bulb, used with a wet-bulb thermometer to determine atmosphere humidity. The two thermometers constitute the essential parts of a psychrometer. Although this term is usually reserved for one of the matched pair of thermometers in a psychrometer, a dry-bulb thermometer is just the same as a regular thermometer.

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