- psychometry
- noun Date: circa 1842 1. divination of facts concerning an object or its owner through contact with or proximity to the object 2. psychometrics
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
psychometry
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Psychometry — Psy*chom e*try, n. [Psycho + metry.] (Physiol.) The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena. {Psy cho*met ric}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
psychometry — ► NOUN 1) the supposed ability to discover facts about an event or person from inanimate objects associated with them. 2) another term for PSYCHOMETRICS(Cf. ↑psychometrics). DERIVATIVES psychometric adjective psychometrist noun … English terms dictionary
psychometry — [sī käm′ə trē] n. [ PSYCHO + METRY] 1. the hypothesized ability to obtain knowledge about an object, or about a person connected with it, through contact with the object 2. PSYCHOMETRICS psychometrist n … English World dictionary
Psychometry — Infobox Paranormalterms Image Caption = Usage = Terminology Name = Psychometry Origin = Joseph Rodes Buchanan [http://parapsych.org/glossary l r.html#p Psychometry] Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Parapsychological Association (2006… … Wikipedia
psychometry — psychometric, psychometrical, adj. psychometrician /suy kom i trish euhn/, psychometrist, n. /suy kom i tree/, n. 1. Psychol. psychometrics. 2. the alleged art or faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by… … Universalium
psychometry — noun a) The paranormal ability to discover information about an objects past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it. b) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits … Wiktionary
psychometry — The discipline pertaining to psychological and mental testing, and to any quantitative analysis of an individual s psychological traits or attitudes or mental processes. SYN: psychometrics. [psycho + G. metron, measure] * * * psy·chom·e·try sī… … Medical dictionary
psychometry — saɪ kÉ‘mɪtrɪ / kÉ’m n. measurement of intellectual ability and psychological traits through a series of tests … English contemporary dictionary
psychometry — [sʌɪ kɒmɪtri] noun 1》 the supposed ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them. 2》 another term for psychometrics. Derivatives psychometric ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ) mɛtrɪk adjective psychometrically… … English new terms dictionary
psychometry — psy·chom·e·try … English syllables
