-metry

-metry

suff.

Process or science of measuring: isometry.

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[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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