goniometryn.
/ɡəʊnɪˈɒmɪtri/ Measurement of angles.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > of angles
goniometry1823
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
1847 Terrot (title) An Attempt to Elucidate and Apply the Principles of Goniometry.
1864 C. P. Smyth Our Inherit. in Great Pyramid (1874) iii. xv. 269 There could have been no more community of feeling..in their goniometry than in their methods of astronomical orientation.
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ˌgonioˈmetric adj. of or pertaining to goniometry.
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1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 137 A circumstance..inferred from goniometric measurement.
ˌgonioˈmetrical adj. = goniometric adj.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [adjective] > relating to the measurement of angles
goniometrical1837
1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 45 The goniometrical part, or that which measures angles as well as distances.
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Medicine. The measurement of the range of movement of joints.
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1950 Lancet 22 July 125/2 As a method of precision, goniometry of joint movements is open to criticism.
1980 H. H. Kessler Princ. & Pract. Rehabilit. x. 185 Goniometry is one of the commonest of the methods used in disability evaluation.
2007 Knee 14 385 Digital goniometry is increasingly used as a method of classification for knee joint excursion.
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