psychrometry
Americannoun
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the employment of the psychrometer.
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the science of measuring the water-vapor content of the air.
Etymology
Origin of psychrometry
Example Sentences
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His observations for temperature, pressure, variation, hygrometry, and psychrometry of the Orotavan climate, which he chose for health, are valuable.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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