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Webster 1913 Edition

Metrology

Me-trol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] measure +

-métrologie

.]

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

Webster 1828 Edition

Metrology

METROL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. measure, and discourse.]

1.

A discourse on measures or mensuration; the description of measures.

2.

An account of measures, or the science of weights and measures.

Definition 2024

metrology

metrology

English

Noun

metrology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural metrologies)

(uncountable) The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
(countable) A system of weights and measures.

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Translations

science of measurement

Armenian: չափագիտություն (hy) ‎(čʿapʿagitutʿyun)
Catalan: metrologia f
Crimean Tatar: ölçeme ilimi
Czech: metrologie f
Danish: metrologi (da) c
Finnish: mittaustiede, metrologia (fi)
German: Metrologie (de) f
Icelandic: mælifræði f
Italian: metrologia (it) f

Japanese: 測定学 ‎(そくていがく, sokutei-gaku)
Macedonian: метрологија f ‎(metrológija)
Norwegian: metrologi (no) m
Polish: metrologia (pl) f
Portuguese: metrologia (pt) f
Russian: метроло́гия (ru) f ‎(metrológija)
Serbo-Croatian: metrologija (sh) f, метрологија f
Spanish: metrología f

system of weights and measures

Czech: měrný systém m
Finnish: mittajärjestelmä
Italian: metrologia (it) f
Japanese: 度量衡 ‎(どりょうこう, doryōkō)

Macedonian: метрологија f ‎(metrológija)
Russian: систе́ма мер и весов f ‎(sistéma mer i vesov)
Serbo-Croatian: metrologija (sh) f