psychometry

[ sahy-kom-i-tree ]

/ saɪˈkɒm ɪ tri /

noun

the alleged art or faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by contact with or proximity to the object.

Nearby words

psychology, psychomachia, psychomancy, psychometric, psychometrics, psychometry, psychomimetic, psychomotor, psychomotor agitation, psychomotor epilepsy, psychomotor retardation

Origin of psychometry

First recorded in 1850–55; psycho- + -metry

Related formspsy·cho·met·ric, psy·cho·met·ri·cal, adjectivepsy·chom·e·tri·cian

[sahy-kom-i-trish-uh n] /saɪˌkɒm ɪˈtrɪʃ ən/, psy·chom·e·trist, noun

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Examples from the Web for psychometric

While the maid went to fetch the key the young lady tried the door and immediately received a psychometric impression.
Second Sight|Sepharial
Then there is the psychometric doctor, who cures by spirits.
As A Chinaman Saw Us|Anonymous
The mineral is pressed against the forehead, and with closed eyes the person awaits the Psychometric impression.
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing|William Walker Atkinson
Some writers have called 86this class of psychometric phenomena "psychic spying" or "psychic detective work."
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers|Bhakta Vishita

Letters frequently prove to be very excellent connecting links in psychometric experiments.
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers|Bhakta Vishita

British Dictionary definitions for psychometric (1 of 2)

psychometric

psychometrical

/ (ˌsaɪkəʊˈmɛtrɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to psychometrics or psychometry

Derived Formspsychometrically, adverb

British Dictionary definitions for psychometric (2 of 2)

psychometry

/ (saɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ) /

noun psychol

measurement and testing of mental states and processesSee also psychometrics

(in parapsychology) the supposed ability to deduce facts about events by touching objects related to them

Derived Formspsychometrician (ˌsaɪkəʊməˈtrɪʃən) or psychometrist, noun

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Word Origin and History for psychometric

psychometric

adj.

also psycho-metric, 1854, from psychometry (1854), the alleged power of reading the history of an object by handling it, + -ic. In reference to the measurement of the duration of mental states, from 1879, from psycho- + -metric.