dry-bulb
Technical term used in psychrometry and meteorology, referring to the bulb of a thermometer that is kept dry to measure ambient air temperature. Often appears in compounds like 乾球温度計 (dry-bulb thermometer).
See also: 乾球温度計
Measure the air temperature with a dry-bulb thermometer.
dry-bulb thermometer
Compound of 乾 (dry) and 球 (bulb), a direct calque of the English term 'dry-bulb'.