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hygrostat|ˈhaɪgrəʊstæt|
[f. hygro- + -stat.]
= humidistat 2.
1915R. C. Carpenter Heating & Ventilating Buildings (ed. 6) xx. 525 Some form of differential hygrostat..controls the wet bulb temperature with respect to the dry bulb temperature so as to maintain a constant relative humidity. 1918[see humidistat 2]. 1937Archit. Rev. LXXXI. p. lxxii/1 Heating and humidifying equipment are incorporated in each unit, the desired temperature and humidity being automatically controlled by thermostats and hygrostats. 1965Bull. Entomol. Res. LVI. 265 Kitchen & Gall (1953) describe a modified Friez hair hygrostat which they used to control a humidifier for an insect breeding room. |