metrology

[mi-trol-uh-jee]

me·trol·o·gy

[mi-trol-uh-jee]
noun, plural me·trol·o·gies.
the science of weights and measures.

Origin:
1810–20; metro-1 + -logy

met·ro·log·i·cal [me-truh-loj-i-kuhl] , adjective
met·ro·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
me·trol·o·gist, noun
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Metrology is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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metrology (mɪˈtrɒlədʒɪ)
 
n , pl -gies
1.  the science of weights and measures; the study of units of measurement
2.  a particular system of units
 
[C19: from Greek metron measure]
 
metrological
 
adj
 
metro'logically
 
adv
 
me'trologist
 
n

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