econometric

adjective

econ·​o·​met·​ric ē¦känə¦me‧trik 

ə̇¦k-

: of or relating to econometrics

econometrically adverb

A "social conflict" model of productivity slowdown by neo-Marxist Samuel Bowles and colleagues was sufficiently plausible when rendered econometrically that it was accepted for publication in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.

—Robert Kuttner, Dialogue #73, 1986

Word History

Etymology

econometr(ics) + -ic entry 1)

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Rhymes for econometric

• amperometric
• anthropometric
• antisymmetric
• audiometric
• axisymmetric
• axonometric
• calorimetric
• colorimetric
• electrometric
• nonparametric
• photogrammetric
• piezometric