Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An instrument that measures the rate of water evaporation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument, invented by Sir John Leslie, for measuring the amount of evaporation from a humid surface in a given time; an evaporometer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An instrument that measures the rate of evaporation of a liquid

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek atmos, vapor; see atmosphere + –meter.]

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