noun
Meaning 1
acoustics;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
echometry
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noun
Meaning 2
acoustics;
The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
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Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
acoustics;
A hypothetical science of echos.
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Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes.
The use of reflected sound waves to measure the shape or movement of objects.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes.
The use of ultrasound echos to make biometric measurements (as opposed to making images, which is called medical ultrasound).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences
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History
Etymology
From echo + -metry, compare French échométrie.