psychrometry

[sahy-krom-i-tree]

noun

the employment of the psychrometer.
the science of measuring the water-vapor content of the air.

Origin of psychrometry

First recorded in 1860–65; psychro- + -metry

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psychrometry in Medicine

psychrometry

[sī-krŏm′ĭ-trē]

n.

The calculation of relative humidity and water-vapor pressures from temperature and barometric pressure.hygrometry

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