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Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.

Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.

Of or pertaining to stoichiometry; employed in, or obtained by, stoichiometry.

Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [R.]

Symmetrical.

try; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

Same as Symmetrian. [R.] Holinshed.

Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.

In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.

gonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry. --Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly, adv. Trigonometrical curve, a curve one of whose coördinates is a trigonometric function of the other. -- Trigonometrical function. See under Function. -- Trigonometrical lines, lines which are employed in solving the different cases of pla…

Same as Orthorhombic.

Same as Trimeter.

Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.

Not symmetrically.

Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume. Volumetric analysis (Chem.), that system of the quantitative analysis of solutions which employs definite volumes of standardized solutions of reagents, as measured by burettes, pipettes, etc.; also, the analysis of gases by volume, as by the eudiometer.…

Volumetric. -- Vol`u*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

l idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

ns of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.