See Also: -metry(medicine)
metry(dictionary)

metry (iou)



-metry suffix.
[Repr. Greek -metria, from -metres measurer, from metron METRE noun1: see -Y3.]
Used in words adopted from Greek and in English words modelled on these, usu. denoting the action, process, or science of measuring something (as alkalimetry, chronometry, gasometry), spec. (corresp. to nouns in -meter) by means of a particular instrument (as barometry).