noun
definition
The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
definition
A system of weights and measures.
Examples of metrology in a Sentence
A constant difficulty in studying works on metrology is the need of distinguishing the absolute facts of the case from the web of theory into which each writer has woven them -- often the names used, and sometimes the very existence of the units in question, being entirely an assumption of the writer.
And coins have long been recognized as one of the great sources of metrology -- valuable for their wide and detailed range of information, though most unsatisfactory on account of the constant temptation to diminish their weight, a weakness which seldom allows us to reckon them as of the full standard.
As the technology is developed, new metrology, or measurement, tools are also required.
Buildings will generally yield up their builder's foot or cubit when examined (Inductive Metrology, p. 9).
He was also much interested in ancient weights and measures, and in 1875 published a work on Inductive Metrology.
The Company is pleased to report strong levels of interest for its advanced X-ray metrology tools to the silicon semiconductor.
Practical sessions will cover all areas of measurement including basic metrology, estimating uncertainties and applying corrections.
The hardware of cerebral metrology does more than provide the material for the neurological imagination.
The General Engineering Research Institute The Institute conducts research in a variety of areas in the fields of advanced manufacturing technology and optical metrology.
Many tasks such as industrial vision metrology, medical imaging, archeological recording can now be executed relatively cheaply and in almost real time.
Science length FAQs The answers to some frequently asked questions about length metrology are grouped below.
We are, in addition, recognized internationally as a center of excellence in chemical metrology (the science of measurement ).
Advice on materials metrology programs Quotec has been providing advice on materials metrology to the UK Department of Trade and Industry since 1990.
High accuracy filter radiometers are used in thermal and optical metrology, for temperature measurements, photometry, and derivation of spectral emission.
The general effect has been that metrology, outside of modern engineering uses, has been left unconsidered by modern scientific archeology.
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Temperature What is the reference temperature for dimensional metrology?
This set of related projects looks at the more generic issues surrounding Internet-enabled metrology that would be common to all applications.
It is possible that metrology data may be uploaded more than once, if the metrology data may be uploaded more than once, if the metrology is remeasured following certain ' events ' .
Though no line can be drawn between ancient and modern metrology, yet, owing to neglect, and partly to the scarcity of materials, there is a gap of more than a thousand years over which the connexion of units of measure is mostly guess-work.