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a. Of or pertaining to aërometry; as, aërometric investigations. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., , a. Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to alkalimetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to allometry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to anemometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. isometric. ] Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an anthracometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to anthropometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Asymmetrous. ] 1. Incommensurable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea. -- Bath`y*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. of or pertaining to a bolometer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. chronométrique. ] Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to craniometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ky`lindros + me`tron measure. ] Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of or pertaining to a diameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dia` through + &unr_; touch + &unr_; measure. ] (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses. Dunglison.

a. [ See Dimeter, a. ] (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a dynameter.

{ } a. Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to econometrics; as, econometric theories. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. électrométrique. ] Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of an electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a eudiometer; as, eudiometrical experiments or results. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. geometricus; Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. géométrique. ] 1. Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Art) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration; as, a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometrical designs.
Syn. -- geometric. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Geometrical curve. Same as Algebraic curve; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. --
Geometric lathe, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also cycloidal engine. --
Geometrical pace, a measure of five feet. --
Geometric pen, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. --
Geometrical plane (Persp.), the same as Ground plane . --
Geometrical progression,
proportion,
ratio. See under Progression, Proportion and Ratio. --
Geometrical radius, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. Knight. --
Geometric spider (Zool.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See Garden spider. --
Geometric square, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. --
Geometrical staircase, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. --
Geometrical tracery, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the rules or laws of geometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), analysis in which the amounts of the constituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hematinometric. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Consisting of six metrical feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to horometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hydromètrique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrometric pendulum, a species of hydrometer consisting of a hollow ball of ivory or metal suspended by a treated from the center of a graduated quadrant, and held in a stream to measure the velocity of the water by the inclination given to the thread; a kind of current gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hygrométrique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as, hygrometric substances, like potash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.