hygrograph

[ hahy-gruh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a self-recording hygrometer.

hygrograph

/ ˈhaɪɡrəˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. an automatic hygrometer that produces a graphic record of the humidity of the air

hygrograph

/ hī′grə-grăf′ /

1. A hygrometer that records variations in atmospheric humidity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hygrograph¹

First recorded in 1860–65; hygro- + -graph

Example Sentences

The times when the kite-meteorograph crossed the 700-metre level in ascending and descending were determined from its barograph trace, and the synchronous temperatures and humidities were read from the records of its thermograph and hygrograph.

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The standard thermometer, thermograph and hygrograph were to occupy one of the screens, a convenient site for which was chosen about twenty yards to the east.

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Besides these instruments we have a hygrograph -- we are well supplied; but this takes one of us out of doors once in the twenty-four hours.

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After many consultations he was given the task of trying to construct a thermograph out of the hygrograph and the disabled thermograph; this was just the job for him.

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