-metry
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Process or science of measuring:
测量(学);度量(学):测量的方法过程或科学:
isometry.
等距
语源
- Greek -metria
希腊语 -metria - from metron [measure] * see mē- 2
源自 metron [测量] *参见 mē- 2
-metry
combining form in countable noun
indicating the process or science of measuring
⇒
anthropometry
⇒
geometry
Derived Forms
-metric combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Old French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metron measure-metry
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meaning “the process of measuring” that specified by the initial element:
anthropometry; chronometry.
Origin
< Greek -metria action or process of measuring, equivalent to métr(on) measure (see meter2) + -ia -y3
Related Words
- -metric
- -meter
- acidimetry
- allometry
- altimetry
- anemometry
-metrya word element denoting the process of measuring, abstract for -meter, as in anthropometry, chronometry.
[Greek -metria, from -metros measuring]-metry
noun combining form
chronometry
photometry
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metrein to measure, from metron — more at measure
: art, process, or science of measuringchronometry
photometry
-metry
combining form
- in nouns denoting procedures and systems corresponding to names of instruments ending in -meter (such as calorimetry corresponding to calorimeter)[用于与-meter结尾名词相对应的名词]表示“测量(学)”, “度量(学)”。
词源
from Greek -metria, from -metrēs 'measurer'.
-metry
word-forming element meaning "process of measuring," Middle English -metrie, from Middle French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek -metria "a measuring of," from -metros "measurer of," from metron "measure" (see meter, n.2).
ORIGIN: Repr. Greek -metria , from -metrēs measurer, from metron metre noun 1 : see -y 3 .
-metry ⇒ Main Entry: -metric
-metry
combining form. the process or art of measuring _____: Biometry = the process or art of measuring life.
[< Greek -metríā a measuring < métron a measure]
-me·try
\_mə.trē, -ri\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English -metrie, from Middle French, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metrein to measure (from metron measure) + -ia -y — more at measure
: art, process, or science of measuring (something specified)
< chronometry >
< hygrometry >
< hypermetry >
< photometry >
< psychometry >
< chronometry >
< hygrometry >
< hypermetry >
< photometry >
< psychometry >
-metry
Suffix
- Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.
Etymology
From -meter + -y.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -metry