metrology

English

WOTD – 1 July 2009

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /mɛˈtɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

metrology (countable and uncountable, plural metrologies)

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

Related terms

Translations

science of measurement

Armenian: չափագիտություն (hy) (čʻapʻagitutʻyun)
Bulgarian: метроло́гия f (metrológija)
Catalan: metrologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 測量學／测量学 (zh) (cèliángxué)
Crimean Tatar: ölçeme ilimi
Czech: metrologie (cs) f
Danish: metrologi (da) c
Finnish: mittaustiede, metrologia (fi)
French: métrologie (fr) f
Galician: metroloxía (gl) f
German: Metrologie (de) f
Hungarian: méréstudomány (hu), méréstan (hu), metrológia (hu)
Icelandic: mælifræði f
Italian: metrologia (it) f
Japanese: 測定学 (そくていがく, sokuteigaku)
Macedonian: метрологија f (metrologija)
Norwegian: metrologi (no) m
Polish: metrologia (pl) f
Portuguese: metrologia (pt) f
Romanian: metrologie (ro) f
Russian: метроло́гия (ru) f (metrológija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: метроло̀гија f

Roman: metrològija (sh) f
Spanish: metrología (es) f
Turkish: ölçümbilim

system of weights and measures

Czech: měrný systém m
Finnish: mittajärjestelmä
Italian: metrologia (it) f
Japanese: 度量衡 (ja) (どりょうこう, doryōkō)
Macedonian: метрологија f (metrologija)
Russian: систе́ма мер и весов f (sistéma mer i vesov)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: метроло̀гија f

Roman: metrològija (sh) f

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