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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water;
[syn: atmometer, evaporometer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Atmometer \At*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? smoke, vapor + -meter: cf. F. atmom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

atmometer n 1: an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water [syn: atmometer, evaporometer]