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-metric

a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter, ( barometric ) or -metry, ( geometric ).

Origin:
< Greek -metrikos; see meter2, -metry, -ic

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-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

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