hygrometricaladj.
= hygrometric adj.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > relating to measurement of humidity
hygrometrical1773
hygroscopic1775
hygroscopical1775
hygrometric1813
psychrometric1838
psychrometrical1843
the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > relating to measurement of humidity > specifically of bodies that indicate humidity levels
hygrometric1785
hygroscopic1790
hygrometrical1861
1773 De Luc in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 409 The basis..of my hygrometrical scale was to be the soaking power of melting ice.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 331 The variable hygrometrical state of the atmosphere.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 50 These hairs or filaments are..highly elastic and hygrometrical.
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adj.1773