ProphetesAI is thinking...
hygro-
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
hygro-
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 i...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Hygroscopy
Etymology and pronunciation
The word hygroscopy () uses combining forms of hygro- and -scopy. Nowadays an instrument for measuring humidity is called a hygrometer (hygro- + -meter).
History
Early hygroscopy literature began circa 1880.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
hygroma
‖ hygroma Path. (haɪˈgrəʊmə) [medical L., a. Gr. *ὕγρωµα, f. ὑγρός moist: see hygro-. Cf. F. hygroma, hygrome.] ‘A tumour containing serum or other morbid fluid, but not pus; a serous cyst’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).1819 in Pantologia. 1846 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 489, I have examined the fluid...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
hygrophilous
hygrophilous, a. Ecol. (haɪˈgrɒfɪləs) [ad. Fr. hygrophile (J. Thurmann Essai de Phytostatique (1849) I. 268), f. hygro- + Gr. ϕίλος loving.] Of plants: growing in a moist environment. Also ˈhygrophile n., a plant of this type.1863 J. G. Baker N. Yorksh. 189 Characteristically hygrophilous plants in ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Lymphangioma
In 1843, Wernher gave the first case report of a cystic hygroma, from the Greek "hygro-" meaning fluid and "oma" meaning tumor.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
hygrostat
hygrostat (ˈhaɪgrəʊstæt) [f. hygro- + -stat.] = humidistat 2.1915 R. C. Carpenter Heating & Ventilating Buildings (ed. 6) xx. 525 Some form of differential hygrostat..controls the wet bulb temperature with respect to the dry bulb temperature so as to maintain a constant relative humidity. 1918 [see ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
hygrophyte
hygrophyte Bot. (ˈhaɪgrəʊfaɪt) [f. hygro- + Gr. ϕυτόν plant.] A plant that grows in a moist habitat. Hence hygroˈphytic a.1903 W. R. Fisher tr. Schimper's Plant-Geogr. i. 17 Typical hygrophytes have weakly developed roots, elongated axes, and large thin leaf-blades. 1932 Fuller & Conard tr. Braun-Bl...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
hygroscope
hygroscope (ˈhaɪgrəskəʊp) [mod. f. Gr. ὑγρο- hygro- + -σκοπος observing. F. hygroscope.] An instrument which indicates (without accurately measuring) the degree of humidity of the air. Usually a device in which a vegetable or animal fibre (in Saussure's h., a human hair) which contracts with moistur...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
hygroscopy
hygroscopy (haɪˈgrɒskəpɪ) [f. Gr. ὑγρο- hygro- + -σκοπία observation. In mod.F. hygroscopie.] The observation of the humidity of the air or other substance.1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., Hygroscopy, a synonymous term for..Hygrometry.
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
A Study on hygro-thermal variations of the crawl space in dwelling ...
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "A Study on hygro-thermal variations of the crawl space in dwelling space(Part2) : Numerical estimation on effective factor" by T ...
www.semanticscholar.org
hygrometry
hygrometry (haɪˈgrɒmɪtrɪ) [mod. f. Gr. ὑγρο- hygro- + -µετρία measurement; prob. ad. F. hygrométrie.] That branch of physics which relates to the measurement of the humidity of the air.1783 De Saussure (title) Essays on Hygrometry. 1871 B. Stewart Heat §150 Hygrometry is that branch of science which...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
ورم وعائي لمفي
في عام 1843، قدم فيرنر أول تقرير لحالة الورم الكيسي الرطب من اليونانية "hygro" السوائل و"oma" الورم.
wikipedia.org
ar.wikipedia.org
hygrology
hygrology (haɪˈgrɒlədʒɪ) [mod. f. hygro- + -logy; prob. ad. F. hygrologie.] That department of physics which relates to the humidity of the atmosphere or other bodies.1790 De Luc in Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 7 Anomalies..of no consequence for the great objects of hygrology and meteorology. 1792 Ibid. LXXX...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
hygrometer
hygrometer (haɪˈgrɒmɪtə(r)) [mod. f. Gr. ὑγρο- hygro- + -meter; prob. ad. F. hygromètre (1666 in Hatz.-Darm.).] An instrument for measuring the humidity of the air or a gas, or the ratio of the amount of moisture actually present in it to that required for saturation. (Formerly often applied to a co...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
-philous
-philous (fɪləs) repr. med. and mod.L. philus, Gr. -ϕιλος, for examples of which see -phil. So -philist = -phil; -phily (-fɪlɪ), in derivatives of adjectives formed with -phil, -philous, denoting the quality or condition of loving, being devoted to, or favouring the person or thing denoted by the fi...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai