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 changes that take place in the ascending mass, composed of air and its hygrometric moisture, thrown in at the tuyer.

From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus

And so when the hygrometric gauge falls below the point of actual sustentation, the plant shrinks and dies; while, without the necessary conditions, it would never have made its appearance.

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

So that, at whatever period this fern originally made its appearance in either locality, it unquestionably found the exact thermometric, hygrometric, telluric, and other conditions necessary for the development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

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

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