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thermometer vs wet-bulb thermometer

wet-bulb thermometer vs thermometer

thermometer and wet-bulb thermometer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
thermometer Yes No No No
wet-bulb thermometer Yes No No No
As nouns, wet-bulb thermometer is a hyponym of thermometer; that is, wet-bulb thermometer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than thermometer:
  • thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature
  • wet-bulb thermometer: a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
Other hyponyms of thermometer include alcohol-in-glass thermometer, alcohol thermometer, candy thermometer, Centigrade thermometer, cryometer, dry-bulb thermometer, Fahrenheit thermometer, air thermometer, gas thermometer, maximum and minimum thermometer, meat thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer, mercury thermometer, oven thermometer, pyrometer, Reaumur thermometer, platinum thermometer, resistance thermometer, reversing thermometer, self-registering thermometer, telethermometer, thermocouple, thermocouple junction, electric thermometer, thermel, thermoelectric thermometer, thermograph, thermometrograph, thermopile.
thermometer (noun) wet-bulb thermometer (noun)
measuring instrument for measuring temperature a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
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