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单词 pantometry
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pantometryn.

Brit. /panˈtɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /pænˈtɑmətri/
Forms: 1600s pantometrie, 1600s– pantometry.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: panto- comb. form, -metry comb. form.
Etymology: < panto- comb. form + -metry comb. form.
Now historical and rare.
1. The study of measurement; metrology.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > universal measurement
pantometry1656
1571 L. Digges (title) A geometrical practise, named pantometria, diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria.]
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pantometrie, a measuring of all kinde of quantities: It is the title and subject of a Mathematical Book, set forth by one Mr. Digs.
1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Pantometry, a measuring of all things.
1797 J. Dawes (title) Pantometry; or an attempt to systematize every branch of admeasurement.
1997 A. W. Crosby Meas. of Reality xi. 228 Westerners, monotheists fascinated with light, gloried in pantometry.
2. The use of a pantometer. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pantometry, measurement by means of the pantometer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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