hair hygrometer

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hair hygrometer [′her hī′gräm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

A hygrometer in which the sensing element is a bundle of human hair, which is held under slight tension by a spring and which expands and contracts with changes in the moisture of the surrounding air or gas.

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