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单词 psychometry
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Definition of psychometry in English:

psychometry

noun sʌɪˈkɒmɪtrisīˈkämətrē
mass noun
  • 1The supposed ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sympathetic magic is the basis for psychometry, the claim of psychic detectives that touching an item belonging to a victim gives magical contact with the victim.
    • Ms Vine and Ms Kitson use trances and visions, clairvoyance, dowsing and psychometry trying to pick up stories in the mind from objects to uncover any paranormal activity.
    • During the sessions we use dancing and psychometry, where beginners hold an object and try to feel what its last owners were feeling.
    • His society uses psychometry, remote viewing, and scrying as part of their research methodology.
    • Doing lots of Spirit communication tends to make you a lot more aware of ‘atmospheres’, sometimes bordering on psychometry where you can almost pick up impressions from objects and places.
  • 2

    another term for psychometrics
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ulteem required significant analysis efforts, and research development and we have called on the best specialists in psychology and psychometry to design this unique and completely innovative product.
    • Clinical psychometry included the Benton visual retention test, Wechsler memory scale, and standard progressive matrices (SPMs).

Derivatives

  • psychometrician

  • noun ˌsʌɪkəmɪtˈtrɪʃnˌsaɪkəməˈtrɪʃ(ə)n
    • An expert in or practitioner of psychometry or psychometrics.

      the results are only as good as the measurement tools created by psychometricians
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One reason why psychometricians such as myself rely heavily on multiple choice questionnaires is that it enables the researcher to have NO contact with the people being studied - thus precluding a major source of bias.
      • But psychometricians have set out a series of standards for the valid framing of topics and the elicitation and recording of opinions, wishes, and reasoning.
      • Although I am a psychometrician by trade, my specialty is the measurement of attitudes and personality rather than the measurement of ability so I don't regularly follow the academic literature on IQ.
  • psychometrist

  • noun -trist
    • A psychometrist completed the scoring of the audio-tapes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Two to four days following admission to the youth psychiatric units, all children were administered the measures listed later by a trained masters-level psychometrist.
      • The youngsters were encouraged to complete all questionnaires, to seek assistance from the psychometrist if an item were too difficult, or to let the psychometrist know if they could not or chose not to answer an item.

Rhymes

craniometry, geometry, micrometry, optometry, pyrometry, sociometry, trigonometry
 
 

Definition of psychometry in US English:

psychometry

nounsīˈkämətrē
  • 1The supposed ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His society uses psychometry, remote viewing, and scrying as part of their research methodology.
    • Ms Vine and Ms Kitson use trances and visions, clairvoyance, dowsing and psychometry trying to pick up stories in the mind from objects to uncover any paranormal activity.
    • Doing lots of Spirit communication tends to make you a lot more aware of ‘atmospheres’, sometimes bordering on psychometry where you can almost pick up impressions from objects and places.
    • Sympathetic magic is the basis for psychometry, the claim of psychic detectives that touching an item belonging to a victim gives magical contact with the victim.
    • During the sessions we use dancing and psychometry, where beginners hold an object and try to feel what its last owners were feeling.
  • 2

    another term for psychometrics
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ulteem required significant analysis efforts, and research development and we have called on the best specialists in psychology and psychometry to design this unique and completely innovative product.
    • Clinical psychometry included the Benton visual retention test, Wechsler memory scale, and standard progressive matrices (SPMs).
 
 
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