Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of measuring the weight or density of air and other gases, and of determining the doctrine of their pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
science ofmeasuring theair , including itspressure ,rarefaction , andcondensation ;pneumatics .
Etymologies
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aero- + -metry
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Examples
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[4] Or rather, "a measurer of air" -- i.e. devoted not to good sound solid "geometry," but the unsubstantial science of "aerometry."
The Economist 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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- instrument measuring weight or density of gases. aerometry, aeronomy
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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