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psychrometry

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /saɪˈkɹɒmɪtɹi/
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  • General-American: /saɪˈkɹɑmətɹi/

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: psychrometrics

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: psicrometria — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • French: psychrométrie — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Galician: psicometría — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • German: Psychrometrie — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Hungarian: pszichrometria — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Italian: psicrometria — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Macedonian: психроме́трија (psihrométrija) — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Portuguese: psicrometria — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Sardinian: psicrometrìa — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Serbo-Croatian: психрометрија — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Serbo-Croatian: psihrometrija — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Spanish: psicrometría — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics
  • Turkish: psikrometri — synonym of psychrometrics — see also psychrometrics