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]