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

• hygrometrically adverb
• nonhygrometric adjective
• unhygrometric adjective

Etymology

Origin of hygrometric

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

Example Sentences

The weather may be foretold with considerable certainty, for a short time, from many hygrometric plants, and the atmospheric influence on animals.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832 by Various

In lower latitudes, where both land and water stretch away for thousands of miles, it is not wonderful that great differences should exist in the electrical and hygrometric state of the air.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas

In addition to these instruments, complete arrangements for determining the gravimetric densities and hygrometric properties of different samples of gunpowder were made.

From History of the Confederate Powder Works by Rains, George Washington

So that, at whatever period this fern originally made its appearance in either locality, it unquestionably found the exact thermometric, hygrometric, telluric, and other conditions necessary for the development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

The dried plant, if carefully preserved, retains for a long time its hygrometric quality.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various