frost-point hygrometer
frost-point hygrometer
[′frȯst ‚pȯint hī′gräm·əd·ər] (engineering)
An instrument for measuring the frost point of the atmosphere; air under test is passed continuously across a polished surface whose temperature is adjusted so that a thin deposit of frost is formed which is in equilibrium with the air.
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