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Definition of Psychometry

1. Noun. Any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements.

Definition of Psychometry

1. n. The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena.

Definition of Psychometry

1. Noun. The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it. ¹

2. Noun. (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Psychometry

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Literary usage of Psychometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Voices from the Void: Six Years' Experience in Automatic Communications by Hester Travers Smith (1919)
"... CHAPTER VII psychometry THROUGH THE MEDIUM AND THE CONTROL psychometry is a term which may possibly be unfamiliar to some of my readers ..."

2. The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study by Thomson Jay Hudson (1908)
"THE PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM (continued*). psychometry ... It has been denominated " psychometry," which may be defined as the supposed power of the human ..."

3. Voices from the Void: Six Years' Experience in Automatic Communications by Hester Travers Smith (1919)
"... CHAPTER VII psychometry THROUGH THE MEDIUM AND THE CONTROL psychometry is a term which may possibly be unfamiliar to some of my readers. ..."

4. The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study by Thomson Jay Hudson (1896)
"psychometry. — " The Souls of Things."— Professor Denton's Experiments. ... It has been denominated " psychometry," which may be defined as the supposed ..."

5. The Law of psychic phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study by Thomson Jay Hudson (1902)
"psychometry. — " The Souls of Things."— Professor Denton's Experiments. ... It has been denominated " psychometry," which may be defined as the supposed ..."

6. The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study by Thomson Jay Hudson (1900)
"psychometry. — " The Souls of Things."— Professor Denton's Experiments. ... It has been denominated " psychometry," which may be defined as the supposed ..."

7. White, Red, Black: Sketches of American Society in the United States During by Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky, Theresa Pulszky (1853)
"... nobody else gives them anything, as they are not Christians." V. CINCINNATI AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.—SPIRITUAL RAPPINGS AND MESMERISM.—psychometry. ..."

8. Planchette: Or, The Despair of Science by Epes Sargent (1869)
"psychometry tells us, that the soul is what Aristotle calls an entelechy, or actuality, unlimited by this enclosure of flesh. ..."

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