Main Entry:

me·trol·o·gy

Pronunciation:

\me-ˈträ-lə-jē\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French métrologie, from Greek metrologia theory of ratios, from metron measure — more at measure

Date:

1816

1 : the science of weights and measures or of measurement 2 : a system of weights and measures

— met·ro·log·i·cal \ˌme-trə-ˈlä-ji-kəl\ adjective

— me·trol·o·gist \me-ˈträ-lə-jist\ noun