| AUDIOMETER | • audiometer n. An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing. • AUDIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring acuity of hearing. |
| AUDIOMETRY | • audiometry n. (Medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person’s hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer. • AUDIOMETRY n. the measurement of the acuity of hearing. |
| BIOMEDICAL | • biomedical adj. Of or pertaining to biomedicine. • biomedical n. A product of the biomedicine industry. • BIOMEDICAL adj. relating to both biology and medicine. |
| BIOMETRICS | • biometrics n. The automated measurement of biological data. • biometrics n. The automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioural and biological characteristics. • BIOMETRICS n. the study of biological measurement. |
| BIOMETRIES | • biometries n. Plural of biometry. • BIOMETRY n. the statistical study of biological data. |
| CLIOMETRIC | • cliometric adj. Of or pertaining to cliometrics. • CLIOMETRIC adj. relating to cliometrics, the application of methods developed in other fields (as economics, statistics, and data processing) to the study of history, also CLIOMETRICAL. |
| ENANTIOMER | • enantiomer n. (Chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed… • ENANTIOMER n. an enantiomorph, an object which is the mirror image of another. |
| ERIOMETERS | • eriometers n. Plural of eriometer. • ERIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring very small diameters. |
| EUDIOMETER | • eudiometer n. A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases… • EUDIOMETER n. an apparatus for gas analysis. |
| EUDIOMETRY | • eudiometry n. (Chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous… • EUDIOMETRY n. measurement by use of a eudiometer, an apparatus for gas analysis. |
| GONIOMETER | • goniometer n. A device used to measure the angles of joints commonly used in orthopedics and physical therapy. • goniometer n. A device used to measure the angles of crystals. • goniometer n. A radio direction finder. |
| GONIOMETRY | • goniometry n. Measurement of angles. • GONIOMETRY n. the art of measuring angles; trigonometry. |
| HELIOMETER | • heliometer n. An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to… • HELIOMETER n. instrument for measuring apparent diameter of the sun. |
| HELIOMETRY | • heliometry n. The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. • HELIOMETRY n. measurement by use of a heliometer, an instrument for measuring apparent diameter of the sun. |
| MICROBIOME | • microbiome n. (Genetics) The genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota. • microbiome n. (Biology) A microbial biome, such as the community of microbes within the human gut. • MICROBIOME n. the microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, which inhabit the human body in a symbiotic relationship. |
| OPSIOMETER | • opsiometer n. An old instrument for measuring vision and determining the focal length of a lens that can correct an… • OPSIOMETER n. an instrument for testing vision. |
| RADIOMETER | • radiometer n. A device that measures radiant energy. • RADIOMETER n. an instrument measuring radiation energy. |
| RADIOMETRY | • radiometry n. (Physics) The branch of science that deals with the detection and measurement of radiant electromagnetic energy. • RADIOMETRY n. the measurement of radiant energy. |
| SOCIOMETRY | • sociometry n. The quantitative study of social interactions, and the measurement of preferences etc. • SOCIOMETRY n. the study of sociological relationships and attitudes, esp. as expressed by preferences. |
| VARIOMETER | • variometer n. An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field. • variometer n. (Aviation) A rate-of-climb indicator. • VARIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring variations in magnetic force. |