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psychrometry

[ sahy-krom-i-tree ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of psychrometry1

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

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