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单词 perimetry
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perimetryn.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɪmᵻtri/, U.S. /pəˈrɪmətri/
Forms: 1500s perimetrie, 1800s– perimetry.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peri- prefix, -metry comb. form.
Etymology: < peri- prefix + -metry comb. form, after perimeter n.; compare geometry n., etc. Compare French périmétrie (1705 in sense ‘length of a perimeter’, 1963 in ophthalmology).
1. A perimeter or circumference; the length of a perimeter. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > measurement round something
perimetry?a1560
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > enclosing boundary > boundary line enclosing a surface
perimeter?a1425
outer line1530
perimetry?a1560
periphery?a1560
circumscription1578
periphere1611
peripheria1650
outline1828
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xiv. sig. N iij v The one is equall to the semidiameters, the other to the perimetrie or circumference.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiijv To be certified, either of the length, perimetry, or distance lineall.
2. Ophthalmology. Measurement of a person's field of vision by means of a perimeter (perimeter n. 2).
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [noun] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye
ophthalmoscopy1864
retinoscopy1880
skiascopy1885
refraction1889
strabismometry1889
perimetry1890
strabometry1900
campimetry1901
scotometry1912
gonioscopy1923
1890 Cent. Dict. Perimetry, the determination of the boundaries of areas of distinct vision in the field of view by means of a perimeter.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 847 It is unnecessary..to convert perimetry into a solemn function.
1927 H. M. Traquair (title) An introduction to clinical perimetry.
1949 Q. Rev. Biol. 24 260/2 An attempt is made to differentiate them [sc. tumors in the region of the chiasm] by chronological evolution, perimetry, and stereoscopic X-ray.
1990 Brain 113 493 Classically, localized visual sensitivity loss has been assessed by kinetic perimetry.
3. The measurement of a perimeter or perimeters. rare.
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1903 Westm. Gaz. 9 Jan. 2/1 The contention..that cranial perimetry has but little relation to cerebral quality is no doubt well founded.
1905 Psychol. Rev. Monogr. Suppl. 6 No. 5. 1 (heading) Perimetry of the localization of sound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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