hygrometric

[ hahy-gruh-me-trik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.

Other Words From

• hygro·metri·cal·ly adverb
• nonhy·gro·metric adjective
• unhy·gro·metric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hygrometric¹

First recorded in 1785–95; hygro- + -metric

Example Sentences

Most difficult to determine and analyze are the influences of changes of pressure, chiefly hygrometric, upon the course of diseases and upon the result of severe surgical operations.

From Project Gutenberg

But it may be that the occurrence of cholera only furnishes the occasion for the development of these organisms, just as a certain temperature, hygrometric condition, and deficient light and air will cause mould to form on bread and other organic substances.

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Consequently the table above referred to would have to be corrected for atmospheric resistance and additional correction-tables constructed for winds and hygrometric conditions.

From Scientific American

So in many of our fruits, the successful results depend upon the hygrometric condition of the atmosphere, and Liebig suggests that a very prolific source of diseased action in plants, arises from the suppressed evaporation and transpiration consequent upon such atmospheric conditions.

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According to Dr. Wetheral's investigation, it would require the evaporation on some days of nearly forty pounds of water every minute in the Senate Chamber to maintain the proper hygrometric condition.

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