-metry

suff.

Process or science of measuring: isometry.

[Greek -metriā, from metron, measure; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]

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-metry

n combining form

indicating the process or science of measuring: anthropometry; geometry.

[from Old French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metron measure]

-metric adj combining form

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-metry

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

[< Greek -metria measuring =métr(on) measure (see meter²) + -ia -y³]

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named after Pharao, the incarnation of the deity Horus in life and Osiris in death Fauna from Faun (equivalent of Pan) flora Friday Geo (-logy, -metry, -graphy) from the goddess Gaia giddy god may itself come from Sanskrit "huta-," "invoked," an epithet of the king of the gods Indra in Vedic Hinduism goodbye and bye (the latter by implication only) herculean hermetic, hermeneutic, and hermaphrodite (Hermes and Aphrodite).

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