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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
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hygrograph

/ grə-grăf′ /

  1. A hygrometer that records variations in atmospheric humidity.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hygrograph1

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

Associated words: hygrostatics, hygrograph, hygrometer, hygroscopic, hygrometric, hygrometry, deliquescent. molasses, n. treacle. molecule, n. atom, monad. molest, v. disturb, trouble, annoy. molestation, n. disturbance. mollify, v. appease, pacify, tranquilize. moment, n. instant, minute, jiffy, trice; force, momentum, impetus; importance, materiality, weight, consequence. momentary, a. instantaneous, transient. momentum, n. impetus, force, moment. monarch, n. sovereign.

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.

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.

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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