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

It may also be said to have its hygrometric and telluric gauges, or instruments to determine the necessary conditions of moisture and soil-constituents.

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

This dampness exists particularly upon the surface of the plate; is obviously derived immediately from the atmosphere; and is owing to a certain relative temperature of the plate with the hygrometric condition of the atmosphere.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

The distribution is not one of seeds, but rather of geographical conditions--thermometric, hygrometric, telluric, and possibly chemical.

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

The cones are inert under hygrometric changes and may always be recognized in herbaria by their persistent occlusion and soft tissues.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

I say apparent dryness, for my hygrometric observations prove that the atmosphere of Cumana and Araya contains nearly nine-tenths of the quantity of watery vapour necessary to its perfect saturation.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von