cyclometryn.
/sʌɪˈklɒmɪtri/ Measurement of circles; ‘circle-squaring’.
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cyclometry1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cyclometry, a measuring of Circles.
1656 J. Wallis Due Correct. Mr. Hobbes x. 116 I must tell you, that Sir H. Savile, had confuted Joseph Scaliger's Cyclometry.
1866 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 27 Oct. 535/1 A friend of mine..will spend a thousand pounds..in black and white cyclometry.
Derivatives
cycloˈmetric adj. (also cycloˈmetrical) of or relating to cyclometry.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [adjective] > relating to measurement of area of circles
cyclometric1838
1838 J. O. Halliwell Brief Acct. S. Morland 27 Morland's Cyclometrical treatise.
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