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goniometry|gəʊnɪˈɒmɪtrɪ|
[ad. F. goniométrie (Lagny, 1724), f. as prec.: see -metry.]
Measurement of angles.
1823in Crabb Technol. Dict. 1847Terrot (title), An Attempt to Elucidate and Apply the Principles of Goniometry. 1864C. P. Smyth Our Inher. iii. xv. (1874) 269 There could have been no more community of feeling..in their goniometry than in their methods of astronomical orientation.
Hence ˌgonioˈmetric, ˌgonioˈmetrical adjs., of or pertaining to goniometry.
1837Goring & Pritchard Microgr. 45 The goniometrical part, or that which measures angles as well as distances. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci., Chem. 137 A circumstance..inferred from goniometric measurement.
▸ Med. The measurement of the range of movement of joints.
1950Lancet 22 July 125/2 As a method of precision, goniometry of joint movements is open to criticism. 1980H. H. Kessler Princ. & Pract. Rehabilit. x. 185 Goniometry is one of the commonest of the methods used in disability evaluation. 2007Knee 14 385 Digital goniometry is increasingly used as a method of classification for knee joint excursion. |