hygrometric

[ hahy-gruh-me-trik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.

Other Words From

• hygro·metri·cal·ly adverb
• nonhy·gro·metric adjective
• unhy·gro·metric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hygrometric¹

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

Example Sentences

Skin thick and somewhat tough; substance hygrometric, drying and swelling naturally in its haunts.

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The affinity of glass for water, or its hygrometric attraction, is also proportional to the quantity of alkali which it contains.

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It is strongly hygrometric: in wet weather it straightens itself, and it coils into corkscrew spirals in dry weather.

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The loss amounted to 21⁄2 ounces, being in some measure the hygrometric water of the bran itself.

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The same general hygrometric and thermometric conditions prevail throughout the two countries or sections of country.

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