psychometry noun. [sʌɪ'kɒmɪtri] M19.
[from PSYCHO- + -METRY.]
1. The (alleged) faculty of divining, from physical contact or proximity only, the qualities or properties of an object, or of persons or things that have been in contact with it. M19.

2. Psychometrics; esp. the measurement of the duration and intensity of mental states or processes. L19.

■ psychometrize verb trans. practise psychometry on M19.

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