-metrics

-metrics

suff.

The application of statistics and mathematical analysis to a specified field of study: econometrics.

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[From metric.]

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met•rics

(ˈmɛ trɪks)

n. (used with a sing. v.)

1. the study of prosodic meter.

2. the art of metrical composition.

[1895–1900]

-metrics

a combining form with the meaning “the science of measuring” that specified by the initial element: biometrics; econometrics.

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