working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment. Origin of telecommuting. 1970-1975. First recorded in 1970-75; telecommute + -ing1.
A humidity monitoring device is called a hygrometer. Hygrometers may be designed for indoor or outdoor humidity monitoring use (or both). Below is a summary of the types of hygrometers available for measuring humidity. Analog hygrometers use a moisture-sensitive material that is attached to a coil spring.
Submitted by uk.sci.weather on Wed, 17/01/2007 - 12:50pm. Absolute Humidity, often just referred to as 'the humidity', is a measure of the actual amount of water vapour in a particular sample of air: measured as a partial pressure (vapour pressure/hPa or millibars); a mixing ratio (gm water vapour/kg of dry air), dew point etc.