n. pl. me·trol·o·gies 1. The science that deals with measurement. 2. A system of measurement. [French métrologie, from Greek metrologiā, theory of ratios : metron, measure; see mē-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -logiā, -logy.] met′ro·logi·cal (mĕt′rə-lŏjĭ-kəl) adj. met′ro·logi·cal·ly adv. me·trolo·gist n. |
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