-metry
a combining form with the meaning “the process of measuring” that specified by the initial element: anthropometry; chronometry.
Origin of -metry
1Words Nearby -metry
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British Dictionary definitions for -metry
-metry
n combining form
indicating the process or science of measuring: anthropometry; geometry
Origin of -metry
1from Old French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metron measure
Derived forms of -metry
- -metric, adj combining form
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