| -metry | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating the process or science of measuring: anthropometry; geometry | |
| [from Old French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metron measure] | |
| -metric | |
| —adj combining form | |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |