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acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium
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the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
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(optics) The measurement of threshold of brightness by means of an adaptometer
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The diameter of fine particles in the atmosphere
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The study of atmospheric magnetism (mainly in thunderclouds)
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Describing any measurement of a physical property of air (or other gases), but especially of temperature, pressure and velocity.
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The science of measuring the air, including its pressure, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
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Concerning changes in atmospheric pressure.
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The science of measuring altitude.
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(optics) a type of polarizer
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The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
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The study of the measurement of specific gravity of liquids.
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Obsolete form of areometry. [The study of the measurement of specific gravity of liquids.]
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(astronomy) Describing the application of photonics to astronomical instruments
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Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.
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Describing an atmospheric system in which the isobars are at an angle to the isopycnals or isotherms, in which the density of the air depends upon the pressure and the temperature.
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The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
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A baric pleion, one relating to atmospheric pressure.
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Relating to the measurement of pressure between the foot and surface during walking
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(meteorology) In which the pressure of the atmosphere is dependent upon its density only.
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The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.
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The recorded output of a bolometer
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The measurement of limestone in a geological sample, by means of a calcimeter
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The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.
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The measurement of colour.
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The measurement of chronaxies
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chronometric; measured by chronometer
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The science of the measurement of time
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The measurement of the world or universe.
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(geometry) The measurement of circles.
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Having dimensions (especially wavelength) measured in decimetres
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The measurement of deflection under applied loads.
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(physics) The measurement of changes in volume that accompany some other physical phenomenon
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The measurement of the hardness or stiffness of a material, especially of plastic or rubber.
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The measurement of forces doing work.
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Alternative spelling of electromechanical [Related to both electricity (or electronics) and mechanics.]
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(astronomy) A photograph of the sun at a particular frequency range (by means of a variable filter).
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The science of gasometry
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The science of measuring the previous pressure history of a metamorphic or intrusive igneous rock.
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(physics) The study and measurement of variations in some physical attribute
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The measurement of specific gravity; hydrometry.
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The scientific study of the sun.
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The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
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The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
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The scientific comparison or measurement of degrees of moisture.
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Smaller than normally measured
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The measurement of elevation relative to sea level.
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(physics, usually with “acoustic” or “sound”) the ratio of sound pressure to volume flow rate treated as complex quantities.
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The measurement of the Earth's magnetic field by means of an inclinometer
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(soil science) The measurement of the rate of water infiltration into a soil
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The measurement of acoustic power
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A display of the data produced by an ionosonde; a graph of the virtual height of the ionosphere plotted against frequency.
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The study, measurement or construction of isophotes
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The theoretical quantity that a cepstrum measures.
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An early form of double-entry bookkeeping
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The measurement of length.
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a graphical representation of the data recorded by a magnetograph
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(rare, obsolete) The measurement of length or distance.
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(countable) A system of weights and measures.
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(surveying) Being corrected for the curvature of the Earth.
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The measurement of ozone.
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The measurement of thickness using a pachymeter
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A tendency to measure everything; fixation on measurement or quantitative aspects.
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Relating to, or measured by, a pedometer.
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An instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles.
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The estimation of slope information by the analysis of brightness distribution in a photograph of a geologic surface (such as a lunar crater)
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One engaged in the scientific measurement of light.
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A specialist in photometry.
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(physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
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A device which photographically records the gamma rays passing through tissue that has been injected with a radioactive material.
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(hydrology) Of or relating to a measurement of water pressure inside an aquifer
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The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
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relating to the measurement or study of the thermodynamic properties of moist air.
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(physics) A technique that aims to solve the diffraction-pattern phase problem by interfering adjacent Bragg reflections coherently and thereby determining their relative phase.
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Alternative form of pycnometry [The measurement of specific gravity by means of a pycnometer]
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(astronomy) The study (and measurement) of solar radiation using a pyrheliometer.
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(quantum mechanics) the study of the effects of the laws of quantum mechanics on the propagation and absorption of sound
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Relating to radarmeteorology.
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By means of radiotelemetry
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measurement involving a ratio, as by a ratiometer
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Synonym of optical power
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(obsolete, mathematics) The calculus.
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The design and use of scatterometers
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Any of several techniques used to record regions of different refractive index in a fluid; especially used to visualize the flow of air around objects
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(physics, astronomy) A combination of spectroscopy and astrometry
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(astronomy) A visual representation of the spectrum of a celestial body's radiation.
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(astronomy) a photograph taken using a spectroheliograph
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The measurement of the intensity or energy of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths
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(now rare) The science of measuring the volume of solids or solid bodies.
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(psychology) A test that presents the subject with coloured words to measure the Stroop effect.
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Alternative form of svedberg (“unit of sedimentation rate”). [A non-SI unit of sedimentation rate (symbol S or Sv), the rate at which particles of a given size and shape travel to the bottom of a tube under centrifugal force.]
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The science or use of the tachymeter.
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(physics, engineering) The measurement of friction on a surface, as carried out with a tribometer.
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(physics) The measurement of the velocity of fluids
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Pertaining to measurement by volume.
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