Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See psychometrics.
- n. The ability or art of divining information about people or events associated with an object solely by touching or being near to it.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The power, fancied to be possessed by some sensitive persons, of catching impressions from contact which enable them to describe the properties of medicines, the vital forces of any part of the human constitution, the character, physiological condition, etc., of persons whose autographs or photographs are touched, and the scenes associated with any substance investigated.
- n. The measurement of the duration of psychic processes.
Wiktionary
- n. The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.
- n. psychology The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Physiol.) The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
Etymologies
- From psycho- + -metry. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Pedagogy, however, although it may profit by psychometry is not designed to measure the sensations, but educate the senses.”
“With Sergeant Fernando Realyvasquez on the phone, Annette will use a technique called psychometry to visualize the missing man.”
“_Fourthly_, the impression said to be left in or upon objects or houses, and the phenomena of "psychometry" seem to indicate the same thing.”
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
“Retra (Name may change): A Genki Girl whose powers relate to psychometry and retrocognition – essentially, she can see the past of objects.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wings’ Second Review Forum
“Just a thought, I think the ability of Super Touch could be better described as psychometry or possibly even a mild form of clairvoyance.”
“Simon was recruited to the D.E.A because of his unique power to see the history and events around objects with the touch of his hand, aka psychometry.”
“While their theory and the general field of psychometry is complex, the most wrong-headed notion emerging from their work was that this IQ disparity explained social inequity.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Nelson: Education Reform -- Crashing on the Bell Curve
“Simon has the power of psychometry, a very Victorian-sounding ability that allows him to psychically 'read' objects.”
“Hypoglycemia as an after-effect of psychometry still seems a bit minor, given the pros of the power, and if all Canderous has to do is pop a LifeSaver then it's not really a weakness at all.”
“Admittedly, the science of psychometry is yet in its infancy in our western countries, though highly developed in the Orient.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘psychometry’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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You're a SUPER Hero!
List as many "super" powers as you can think of! Anything that would be called for example "super strength", please remove the first word and list only the second word Thanks!
flight, flying, hovering, strength, invisibility, intelligence, psychic, telekinesis, smell, touch, taste, hearing and 47 more...
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Ultrapow
A mighty myriad of Mister Mxyzptlk manifestation. This list leans towards one-word superpowers and occasionally the ridiculous.
Spin-off lists: Ultrafrow - absurd powers, Flossational...telepathy, psychometry, retrocognition, precognition, clairvoyance, mediumship, illusions, mind-control, mindblast, telekinesis, thermokinesis, quantokinesis and 142 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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More Than Human
Beings that look human but are not, and powers that people can have.
succubus, incubus, gynoid, seraphim, clairvoyance, lycanthropy, psychometry, telekinesis, dhampir, jedi, pyrokinesis, esper and 14 more...
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