meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meters, -metry, -metre

An apparatus for receiving and transmitting records of atmospherical conditions and changes.

An instrument for measuring the concentration of methane in air; especially, in mines.

1. A form of social order where women are in charge and are recognized as the heads of families, with power, lineage, and inheritance passing, where possible, from mothers to daughters.
2. Any community, society, or social group that is based on matriarchy.
3. Any form of organization or government where women have power.

1. A government of a mother or mothers (or women).
2. Matriarchy; that form of social organization in which the mother, and not the father, is the head of the family, and in which descent and relationship are reckoned through mothers and not through fathers.

An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.

1. Radiographic examination of the uterine cavity filled with a contrast medium.
2. Graphic procedure used to record uterine contractions.