What does a hygrometer do?

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What does a hygrometer do?

2007-12-18 10:35:41 · 4 answers · asked by Bakhtiar H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology

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It's used to measure the moisture or otherwise humidity in the air

2007-12-21 18:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by raffaele1111 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Hygrometer measures the relative humidity of air.

2007-12-18 18:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The hygrometer is a device for measuring the relative humidity of air.
http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Thermodynamics/Hygrometer/Hygrometer.html

2007-12-18 19:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

'Hygro' refers to moisture.
This instrument measures the moisture content(relative humidity if you will) of the atmosphere. Hygroreceptor of insects do the same thing albeit in a different manner.

2007-12-21 07:20:43 · answer #4 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋