MORPHOMETRY | • morphometry n. Measuring the external form and dimensions of living organisms, landforms, and other objects. • MORPHOMETRY n. measurement of form or shape. |
THERMOMETRY | • thermometry n. (Physics) The science and technology related to the measurement of temperature and the design and construction… • THERMOMETRY n. the measurement of temperature. |
MYRMECOCHORY | • myrmecochory n. (Biology) The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by ants. • MYRMECOCHORY n. the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants. |
RHYTHMOMETER | • rhythmometer n. An instrument for marking time in musical movements. • RHYTHMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the speed of rhythms. |
THERMOCHROMY | • thermochromy n. The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility… • THERMOCHROMY n. a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is change, also THERMOCHROMISM. |
METHYLMERCURY | • methylmercury n. (Chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment… • methyl␣mercury n. Alternative spelling of methylmercury. • METHYLMERCURY n. any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms. |
RHYTHMOMETERS | • rhythmometers n. Plural of rhythmometer. • RHYTHMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the speed of rhythms. |
HYPERMODERNISM | • hypermodernism n. The state or condition of being hypermodern. • hypermodernism n. (Art) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical… • hypermodernism n. (Chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces… |
MICROCHEMISTRY | • microchemistry n. (Chemistry) Chemical techniques for preparing, handling, and analyzing small quantities of chemical… • microchemistry n. (Chemistry) Chemical processes that take place in very small regions, such as on the grain boundaries of a metal. • MICROCHEMISTRY adj. small-scale chemistry. |
MYRMECOCHORIES | • MYRMECOCHORY n. the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants. |
PHOTOGRAMMETRY | • photogrammetry n. The making of precise measurements from photographs. • photogrammetry n. The making of maps from photographs, especially from aerial surveying. • PHOTOGRAMMETRY n. the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and esp. aerial photographs (as in surveying). |
HYPERMODERNISMS | • HYPERMODERNISM n. a hypermodern approach or theory. |
METHYLMERCURIES | • methylmercuries n. Plural of methylmercury. • methyl␣mercuries n. Plural of methyl mercury. • METHYLMERCURY n. any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms. |
MICROMORPHOLOGY | • micromorphology n. (Biology, mineralogy, soil science) The fine-level structures or morphology of an organism, mineral… • micromorphology n. Microstructure. • MICROMORPHOLOGY n. the microscopic structure of a material, as a mineral or a biological cell, aka microstructure. |
MICROPHOTOMETRY | • microphotometry n. Measurement performed with a microphotometer. • MICROPHOTOMETRY n. measurement by microphotometer, an instrument for measuring the amount of light transmitted or reflected by small areas or for measuring the relative densities of spectral lines on a photographic film or plate. |
THERMOCHEMISTRY | • thermochemistry n. (Chemistry, physics) The study of the thermodynamics of chemical reactions. • THERMOCHEMISTRY n. a branch of chemistry that deals with the interrelation of heat with chemical reaction or physical change of state. |