Atmometer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  atmometer
       n : an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water
           [syn: {evaporometer}]