psychrometry

psy·chro·met·ry
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UK/saɪˈkɹɒmɪtɹi/US/saɪˈkɹɑmətɹi/

noun

Synonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”).

Scrabble 27

Meanings

nounpsychrometry (usually uncountable, plural psychrometries)

plural psychrometries

  1. uncountableusuallyclimatologySynonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”).

    Synonyms: psychrometrics

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”).

Origin

From psychro- (prefix meaning ‘cold’) + -metry (suffix forming nouns relating to measures and measurement), modelled after psychrometer.

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Translations

Catalan psicrometria
  • psicrometriasynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
French psychrométrie
  • psychrométriesynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
German Psychrometrie
  • Psychrometriesynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
Hungarian pszichrometria
  • pszichrometriasynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
Italian psicrometria
  • psicrometriasynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
Portuguese psicrometria
  • psicrometriasynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
Spanish psicrometría
  • psicrometríasynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
Turkish psikrometri
  • psikrometrisynonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
Cite this entry
APA

psychrometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychrometry

MLA

“psychrometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychrometry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychrometry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychrometry.

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