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biometric, a. and n.|baɪəˈmɛtrɪk|
[f. bio- + metric a.1]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to biometry. So bioˈmetrical a.
1901Biometrika I. 2 The collection of biometric data. Ibid. 6 Biometric workers. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 344/2 Biometric investigation. Ibid., Biometrical inquiry. 1936Discovery Jan. 32/2 The application of biometric methods to the study of the composition of ethnic groups. 1937R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory ix. 130 He has done a full-fledged professional's work in physical anthropology..investigating growth by biometrical techniques.
B. n. pl. = biometry 2.
1902in Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 344/1. 1923 W. M. Feldman Biomath. xxi. 327 Biometrics is the application of modern statistical methods to the measurements of biological (variable) objects. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans ii. 61 The work of Karl Pearson and his school in the study of statistical methods as applied to biological and anthropological problems (‘Biometrics’). |