meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meters, -metry, -metre
(Greek: measure)
thermometrophilist
A collector of thermometers.
thermometry
The science and technology of measuring temperature; as well as, the establishment of standards of temperature measurement.
thermotonometer
An instrument for measuring the degree of thermosystaltism, or muscular contraction, under the influence of heat.
thoracometer
thoracometry
tocodynamometer, tokodynamometer
1. An instrument for measuring uterine contractions during parturition (labor).
2. An instrument for recording the amplitude versus time of the expulsive force of uterine muscular contractions during labor at birth. Also called a tocometer and tokodynamometer.
tocoergometry, tokoergometry
Measurement of the expulsive force of the uterus during labor or birth.
tocometer, tokometer
Another term for tocodynamometer
tokodynamometer
tonometer
1. An instrument for measuring tension or pressure.
2. An instrument by which intraocular pressure is measured; also called, ophthalmotonometer.
tonometry
1. The measurement of tension or pressure.
2. A procedure that measures the pressure inside the eyes. This is a screening test for glaucoma and is performed by an ophthalmologist.
topothermesthesiometer
A device for determining the temperature sense in different parts of a surface.
torquemeter
torsiometer
transmissometer
1. An instrument for measuring the transmission of light through a fluid.
2. An electronic instrument system that provides a continuous record of the atmospheric transmission between two fixed points.
Related "measure" and "metric" words and charts:
mens-;
Metric Chart of Units;
Metric-Length Converter;
Metric Units and Links.
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