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An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.

Pertaining to anthropometry.

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

Same as Antemetic.

A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.]

A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.

An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.

The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. or R.]

See Areometer.

An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.

Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.

The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.

A book containing the principles of this science. Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry. -- Political arithmetic, the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.

Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Arithmetical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.

Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

One skilled in arithmetic.

A calculating machine.