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hygro-|ˈhaɪgrəʊ|
before a vowel also hygr-, repr. Gr. ὑγρο-, ὑγρ-, combining form of ὑγρός wet, moist, fluid: extensively employed in Greek; the English compounds are mostly scientific terms of recent formation. The chief of these are hygrometer and hygroscope, with their derivatives. Other words in hygro- are the following:
(The υ in Gr. is short, and the etymological pronunciation would be |hɪg-|; but the tendency to take y as long i, has in this, as in other cases, prevailed against the etymology.)
† hygroˈbaroscope [see baroscope], an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids; a hydrometer. hygroblepharic |-blɪˈfærɪk| a. [Gr. βλέϕαρον eyelid], moistening the eyelid; applied to the lachrymal duct. † hygrocirsocele |-ˈsɜːsəʊsiːl|, a cirsocele accompanied with dropsy of the scrotum. ˈhygrodeik |-daɪk| [Gr. δεικνύναι to show], a form of hygrometer consisting of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer together with a scale on which the degree of humidity is shown by an index whose position depends on the height of the mercurial column in each. ˈhygrograph |-grɑːf, -græf| [Gr. γραϕος- writing], an instrument for registering automatically the variations in the humidity of the air (Webster, 1864). hygrophanous |-ˈɒfənəs| a. Bot. [Gr. ὑγροϕανής], of moist appearance; also, appearing translucent when moist and opaque when dry (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). ˈhygroplasm |-plæz(ə)m| Biol. [Gr. πλάσµα a thing moulded], ‘Nägeli's term for the fluid part of protoplasm’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). † hygrostatics |-ˈstætɪks| [see statics], ‘the art of finding the specific weights of moist bodies’ (Bailey, 1731). hygrothermal |-ˈθɜːməl| a. [Gr. θερµός warm], relating to moisture and heat. hygroˈthermograph, an instrument that records the temperature and humidity of the air on a single chart.
1696Woodward Instruct. making Observ. 18 The *hygrobaroscope..serving to try and compare the specific gravity of liquids.
[1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hygroblepharicus.] 1886Syd. Soc. Lex., *Hygroblepharic.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), *Hygrocyrsocele. 1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hygrocirsocele, old term used by Galen for a species of hernia.
1867O. W. Holmes Guard. Angel xiii. (1891) 157 The dry and wet bulbs of the ingenious ‘*Hygrodeik’.
1871Cooke Brit. Fungi 145 Pileus *hygrophanous..smooth.
1679Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) To Rdr. Aiij, Hydro- and *Hygrostaticks, divers Engines, Powers and Automata.
1895Athenæum 10 Aug. 195/3 A general view of the climatological conditions of Africa, which he divided into *hygrothermal regions.
1929Weaver & Clements Plant Ecol. xi. 264 It is convenient for comparison to record both humidity and air temperature upon the same record sheet... Such an instrument is called a *hygrothermograph. 1969Ecology L. 742/1 Hygrothermograph readings were taken..at three elevations above ground and four exposures. |