单词 | pantometry |
释义 | pantometryn. Now historical and rare. 1. The study of measurement; metrology. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1656 |
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