metrology

English

WOTD – 1 July 2009

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /mɛˈtɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

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metrology

Wikipedia

metrology (countable and uncountable, plural metrologies)

1. (uncountable) The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
2. (countable) A system of weights and measures.

Derived terms

• biometrology
• nanometrology

Related terms

• metric
• metrological
• metrologically
• metrologist

Translations

science of measurement

Armenian: չափագիտություն (hy) (čʻapʻagitutʻyun) Bulgarian: метроло́гия f (metrológija) Catalan: metrologia f Chinese: Mandarin: 測量學 / 测量学 (zh) (cèliángxué) Crimean Tatar: ölçeme ilimi Czech: metrologie (cs) f Danish: metrologi (da) c Finnish: mittaustiede, metrologia (fi) French: métrologie (fr) f Galician: metroloxía (gl) f German: Metrologie (de) f Hungarian: méréstudomány (hu), méréstan (hu), metrológia (hu) Icelandic: mælifræði f Italian: metrologia (it) f Japanese: 測定学 (そくていがく, sokuteigaku) Macedonian: метрологија f (metrologija) Norwegian: metrologi (no) m Polish: metrologia (pl) f Portuguese: metrologia (pt) f Romanian: metrologie (ro) f Russian: метроло́гия (ru) f (metrológija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: метроло̀гија f Roman: metrològija (sh) f Spanish: metrología (es) f Turkish: ölçümbilim

system of weights and measures

Czech: měrný systém m Finnish: mittajärjestelmä Italian: metrologia (it) f Japanese: 度量衡 (ja) (どりょうこう, doryōkō) Macedonian: метрологија f (metrologija) Russian: систе́ма мер и весов f (sistéma mer i vesov) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: метроло̀гија f Roman: metrològija (sh) f