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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] wet + [GREEK]. See

The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture.

Evelyn.

Noun.

[Gr. moist.] The science of comparing degrees of moisture.

hygrostatics ‎(uncountable)

The scientific comparison or measurement of degrees of moisture.
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