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The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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A system of weights and measures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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the scientific study of measurement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: science, scientific discipline
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English metrology From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + English -logy.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
չափագիտություն
(čʻapʻagitutʻyun)
— science of measurement
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Bulgarian:
метроло́гия
(metrológija)
— science of measurement
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Catalan:
metrologia
— science of measurement
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Chinese Mandarin:
計量學 /计量学
(jìliángxué)
— science of measurement
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Crimean Tatar:
ölçeme ilimi
— science of measurement
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Czech:
metrologie
— science of measurement
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Danish:
metrologi
— science of measurement
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Finnish:
mittaustiede
— science of measurement
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Finnish:
metrologia
— science of measurement
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French:
métrologie
— science of measurement
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Galician:
metroloxía
— science of measurement
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German:
Metrologie
— science of measurement
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Hungarian:
méréstudomány
— science of measurement
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Hungarian:
méréstan
— science of measurement
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Hungarian:
metrológia
— science of measurement
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Icelandic:
mælifræði
— science of measurement
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Italian:
metrologia
— science of measurement
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Japanese:
測定学
(sokuteigaku)
— science of measurement
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Macedonian:
метрологија
(metrologija)
— science of measurement
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Norwegian:
metrologi
— science of measurement
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Polish:
metrologia
— science of measurement
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Portuguese:
metrologia
— science of measurement
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Romanian:
metrologie
— science of measurement
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Russian:
метроло́гия
(metrológija)
— science of measurement
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Serbo-Croatian:
метроло̀гија
— science of measurement
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Serbo-Croatian:
metrològija
— science of measurement
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Spanish:
metrología
— science of measurement
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Turkish:
ölçümbilim
— science of measurement
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Czech:
měrný systém
— system of weights and measures
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Finnish:
mittajärjestelmä
— system of weights and measures
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Italian:
metrologia
— system of weights and measures
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Japanese:
度量衡
(doryōkō)
— system of weights and measures
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Macedonian:
метрологија
(metrologija)
— system of weights and measures
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Polish:
metrologia
— system of weights and measures
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Russian:
систе́ма мер и весов
(sistéma mer i vesov)
— system of weights and measures
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Serbo-Croatian:
метроло̀гија
— system of weights and measures
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Serbo-Croatian:
metrològija
— system of weights and measures