11-letter words containing metr
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- metrifonate — an organophosphorus compound, C 4 H 8 Cl 3 O 4 P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- micrometric — Of or pertaining to micrometry.
- millimetres — Plural form of millimetre.
- millimetric — a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter and equivalent to 0.03937 inch. Abbreviation: mm.
- morphometry — (biology) the measurement of the form of organisms.
- nonmetrical — (music) Without the constraints of a metronome; not played or sung with a strict underlying rhythmic method.
- optometrist — a licensed professional who practices optometry.
- orthometric — (crystallography) having axes at right angles.
- parametrize — parameterize.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- radiometric — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- short metre — a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six
- sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
- taximetrics — numerical taxonomy.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- thermometry — the branch of physics dealing with the measurement of temperature.
- titrimetric — using or obtained by titration.
- trimetrogon — of or relating to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.
- tromometric — of, relating to, or using a tromometer
- velocimetry — the measurement of the speed of sound in fluids