† mecometryn.

Forms: 1500s mecometrie, 1600s mechometry.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meco- comb. form, -metry comb. form.

Etymology: < meco- comb. form + -metry comb. form. Compare French mécometrie (see quot. 1603 at mecography n. 1).

Obsolete. rare.

The measurement of length and distance.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun]

mecometry1570

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v To be certified, either of the length, perimetry, or distance lineall:..is called, Mecometrie.

1618 M. Baret Hipponomie i. 117 How can a man..learne the knowledge of Mechometry, whereby lengths and distances are measured, if not [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mecometry
释义	† mecometryn. Forms: 1500s mecometrie, 1600s mechometry. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meco- comb. form, -metry comb. form. Etymology: < meco- comb. form + -metry comb. form. Compare French mécometrie (see quot. 1603 at mecography n. 1). Obsolete. rare. The measurement of length and distance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] mecometry1570 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v To be certified, either of the length, perimetry, or distance lineall:..is called, Mecometrie. 1618 M. Baret Hipponomie i. 117 How can a man..learne the knowledge of Mechometry, whereby lengths and distances are measured, if not [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1570
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