-metry

American  

1. a combining form with the meaning “the process of measuring” that specified by the initial element.

   anthropometry; chronometry.

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-metry British  

combining form

1. indicating the process or science of measuring

   anthropometry

   geometry

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Usage

What does -metry mean? The combining form -metry is used like a suffix meaning “the process of measuring.” It is often used in scientific terms.The form -metry comes from Greek -metria, meaning “action or process of measuring.” Find out how -metria is related to diameter, isometric, and metronome at our entries for these words.What are variants of -metry?While -metry doesn't have any variants, it's related to the forms -metric, -metrics, and -meter. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for these forms.

Other Word Forms

• -metric combining form

Etymology

Origin of -metry

< Greek -metria action or process of measuring, equivalent to métr ( on ) measure ( meter ² ) + -ia -y ³

Example Sentences

As Metry told me one evening on the phone: “We are a kingdom. There is not a king. It’s not only me. It’s not only her. It’s all of us.”

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Metry is the son of farmers who raised animals and crops on a piece of land near Sohag in Upper Egypt, one of the few fertile spaces in a largely arid country.

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Both chefs channel their way of life into King of Koshary: Gomaa brings the seafood at the heart of Alexandria cooking, and Metry brings the farmer mind-set, in which almost every dish is created by hand from ingredients either pulled from the ground or raised on local pastures.

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Gomaa and Metry take pride in their desserts.

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Metry and Gomaa make their own from freshly toasted sesame seeds that are blended with cumin, oil and lemon juice.

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