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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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Another object was, to bring down specimens of air from different altitudes, for analysis; to try the effect of the actinometer at great elevations; and to note the hygrometric condition.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 by Robert Chambers

Is there any remarkable evaporation, or any other hygrometric phenomenon, or influence of currents that sustains the level of Lakes Superior and Michigan, so diametrically opposite in their geographical situation?

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

In estimating them the attention of the profession is now mainly directed to thermometric and hygrometric changes and conditions.

From New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces by Henry Raymond Rogers

The coal varies in character according to the age and hygrometric state of the woods employed.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

Another theory is that water-finders are “exceptionally sensitive to hygrometric influences.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

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