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| 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. |
| psy·cho·met·rics (sī'kə-mět'rĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality traits. Also called psychometry. psy'cho·met'ric, psy'cho·met'ri·cal adj., psy'cho·met'ri·cal·ly adv., psy·chom'e·tri'cian (sī-kŏm'ĭ-trĭsh'ən), psy·chom'e·trist (sī-kŏm'ĭ-trĭst) n. |
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