Definitions For Psychrometry

Noun

PSYCHROMETRY (plural - or +) (meteorology, thermodynamics) {{synonym of, en, psychrometrics, t=the measurement or study#noun, study of the physical#adjective, physical and thermodynamic property#noun, properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour}}

Usage notes

Not to be confused with psychometry.

Related terms

{{col3, en }} :category:english terms prefixed with psychro-

Translations

{{trans-top-also, synonym of psychrometrics, psychrometrics}} Catalan: psicrometria, f French: psychrométrie, f Galician: psicometría, f German: Psychrometrie, ? Hungarian: pszichrometria Italian: psicrometria Macedonian: психроме́трија, f Portuguese: psicrometria, f Sardinian: psicrometrìa Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: психрометрија, ? : Roman: psihrometrija, ? Spanish: psicrometría, f Turkish: psikrometri

See also

hygrometer hygrometry

Etymology

{{root, en, ine-pro, *meh₁-}} From {{confix, en, psychro, pos1={{glossary, prefix}} meaning ‘cold’, metry, pos2={{glossary, suffix}} forming {{glossary, noun}}s relating to measures and measurement}}, modelled after psychrometer.{{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=9873755981, date=July 2023}}{{R:Dictionary.com, pos=n, source=Random House}}