psychometrical

psy·chom·e·try

[sahy-kom-i-tree]
noun
1.
Psychology, psychometrics.
2.
the alleged art or faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by contact with or proximity to the object.

Origin:
1850–55; psycho- + -metry

psy·cho·met·ric, psy·cho·met·ri·cal, adjective
psy·chom·e·tri·cian [sahy-kom-i-trish-uhn] , psy·chom·e·trist, noun
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psychometric or psychometrical (ˌsaɪkəʊˈmɛtrɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of or relating to psychometrics or psychometry
 
psychometrical or psychometrical
 
adj
 
psychometrically or psychometrical
 
adv

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psychometry (saɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  See also psychometrics measurement and testing of mental states and processes
2.  (in parapsychology) the supposed ability to deduce facts about events by touching objects related to them
 
psychometrician
 
n
 
psy'chometrist
 
n

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