Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-DROM'E-TRY
HY-DRO-MET'RIC, or HY-DRO-MET'RIC-ALHY'DRO-PHANE
HY-DROM'E-TRY, a. [Gr. υδωρ, water, and μετρον, measure.]
The art of measuring, or the mensuration of the gravity, density, velocity, force, &c. of fluids, and the strength of rectified spirits. Encyc.
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