hygrometric

American  

[hahy-gruh-me-trik] / ˌhaɪ grəˈmɛ trɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.

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Other Word Forms

• nonhygrometric
  adjective
• unhygrometric
  adjective
• hygrometrically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of hygrometric

First recorded in 1785–95; hygro- + -metric

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Example Sentences

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hygrometric

This dampness exists particularly upon the surface of the plate; is obviously derived immediately from the atmosphere; and is owing to a certain relative temperature of the plate with the hygrometric condition of the atmosphere.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

According to Dr. Wetheral's investigation, it would require the evaporation on some days of nearly forty pounds of water every minute in the Senate Chamber to maintain the proper hygrometric condition.

From Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia by Lewis W. Leeds

I say apparent dryness, for my hygrometric observations prove that the atmosphere of Cumana and Araya contains nearly nine-tenths of the quantity of watery vapour necessary to its perfect saturation.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt

So that, at whatever period this fern originally made its appearance in either locality, it unquestionably found the exact thermometric, hygrometric, telluric, and other conditions necessary for the development of its vital germs.

From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright

The changes that take place in the ascending mass, composed of air and its hygrometric moisture, thrown in at the tuyer.

From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter

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