metrology

Noun

Meaning

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mass metrological size range amount length analysis degree frequency reach capacity measure height measurement pitch
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Antonyms

fact lack whit proof disorder estimate
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Hypernyms

science scientific discipline

Related terms

metrological metric metrologist metrologically

Phrases with the word

engineering metrology industrial metrology commercial metrology

Anagrams

tremology

Examples

At 344 x 215 x 91mm (13.5 x 8.5 x 3.6 inches), the phase noise test instrument is small enough for integration into manufacturing Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems, yet powerful enough for laboratory-grade metrology. Source: Internet

Copies of the IPK kept by national metrology laboratories around the world were compared with the IPK in 1889, 1948, and 1989 to provide traceability of measurements of mass anywhere in the world back to the IPK. Source: Internet

It does so through a series of consultative committees, whose members are the national metrology laboratories of the Convention's member states, and through its own laboratory work. Source: Internet

For example, thin film metrology based on ellipsometry or reflectometry is used to tightly control the thickness of gate oxide, as well as the thickness, refractive index and extinction coefficient of photoresist and other coatings. Source: Internet

Dimensions, metrology, requirements, and testing. Source: Internet

Initially conceived as purely a metrology agency, the Bureau of Standards was directed by Herbert Hoover to set up divisions to develop commercial standards for materials and products. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

metrological metrologically metrologist metromania metromaniac metromaniacal