hygrometric
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- hygrometrically adverb
- nonhygrometric adjective
- unhygrometric adjective
Etymology
Origin of hygrometric
Example Sentences
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Every wind that blows is determined by influences partly solar, partly lunar, partly hygrometric; and implies considerations of fluid equilibrium and physical geography.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert
Saussure, measurements of the marginal ledge of the crater of Mount Vesuvius, 232; traces of ammoniacal vapors in the atmosphere, 311; hygrometric measurements with Humboldt, 334-336.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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
Selaginella lepidophylla.—This species of club moss is found in southern California, and has remarkable hygrometric qualities.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
The same general hygrometric and thermometric conditions prevail throughout the two countries or sections of country.
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
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