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Air
noun · 78% connection
A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Atmosphere
noun · 78% connection
The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Atmospherical
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Barometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Baroscope
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Chronometry
noun · 78% connection
The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Climate
verb · 78% connection
The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Dasymeter
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Deliquescent
adjective · 78% connection
Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquesce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Dew
noun · 78% connection
Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Dry
superl. · 78% connection
Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Durometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Electrometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Exsiccator
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Extensometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Gauge
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Geometrid
noun · 78% connection
One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.
Horology
noun · 78% connection
The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, moisture, atmosphere.