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322 words match “METRIC”

GONIOMETRIC; GONIOMETRICAL a.
Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.
GRAVIMETRIC a.
taining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly, adv. Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), analysis in which the amounts of the coastituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.
HAEMATINOMETRIC a.
Same as Hematinometric.
HELIOMETRIC; HELIOMETRICAL a.
Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
HEMATINOMETRIC a.
Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.
HEXAMETRIC; HEXAMETRICAL a.
Consisting of six metrical feet.
HOROMETRICAL a.
Belonging to horometry.
HYDROMETRIC; HYDROMETRICAL a. 3 definitions
Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations. Hydrometric pendulum, a species of hydrometer consisting of a hollow ball of ivory or metal suspended by a treated from the center of a graduated quadrant, and held in a stream to measure the velocity of the water by the inclination given to the thread; a ki…
HYGROMETRIC; HYGROMETRICAL a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.
HYPERMETRICAL a.
Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.
HYPSOMETRIC; HYPSOMETRICAL a.
Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
IMMETRICAL a.
Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman.
ISOBAROMETRIC a.
Indicating equal barometric pressure.
ISODIAMETRIC a. 2 definitions
Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.
ISOMETRIC; ISOMETRICAL a. 2 definitions
zation in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular; cubic. Cf. Crystallization. Isometric lines (Thermodynamics), lines representing in a diagram the relations of pressure and temperature in a gas, when the volume remains constant. -- Isometrical perspective. See…
ISOPERIMETRICAL a.
Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.
LOGOMETRIC a.
Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric. [R.]
MAGNETOMETRIC a.
d in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.
MANOMETRIC; MANOMETRICAL a.
Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.
MICROMETRIC; MICROMETRICAL a.
Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. -- Mi`cro*met"ric*al*ly, adv.
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