metrology

English

WOTD – 1 July 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /mɛˈtɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

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
• metrological
• metrologically
• metrologist

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