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hygrometric

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

adjective

  1. of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.


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Etymology

Origin of hygrometric

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

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It may also be said to have its hygrometric and telluric gauges, or instruments to determine the necessary conditions of moisture and soil-constituents.

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

The hygrometric properties of the plant are certainly exceptional.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

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

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

The special object of these investigations, like those in France, was the determination of the temperature and hygrometric condition of the air at different elevations.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence

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