metrology

metrology

English

WOTD – 1 July 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.dʒɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɛˈtɹɑ.lə.dʒi/

Noun

metrology (countable and uncountable, plural metrologies)

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

Related terms

• metric
• metrologist
• metrological
• metrologically

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 Turkish: ölçümbilim

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