-metry

Metry is defined as having to do with measurement.

(suffix)

An example of metry is biometry, which is a calculation of a likely human life span.

See -metry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the process, art, or science of measuring: bathymetry, psychometry

Origin: Gr -metria < metron, measure

See -metry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

suffix

Process or science of measuring: isometry.

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Origin: Greek -metriā

Origin: , from metron, measure; see mē-² in Indo-European roots

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