Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A student of or an expert in metrology.

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  • noun One who studies or practices metrology.

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Examples

  • Punctuated by fitful intervals of school, he has subsequently occupied himself as a submarine sailor, a Christmas tree farmer, a dimensional and optical metrologist, a writer, and a musician.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • Punctuated by fitful intervals of school, he has subsequently occupied himself as a submarine sailor, a Christmas tree farmer, a dimensional and optical metrologist, a writer, and a musician.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • The most troublesome aspect of this study to me as a sometime metrologist, however, is that they report the standard deviation of their data sets but make no effort to include the standard uncertainty of either metric.

    Chocolate linked to depression (or vice versa) - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • - "Michael A. Lombardi, a metrologist in the Time and Frequency Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., takes the case."

    Speedlinking 3/6/07 William Harryman 2007

  • But as a metrologist in an adiabatic specialty for the past thirty+ years, I would appreciate a specific response to the peer-reviewed chart provided above.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Did White House Censor Surgeons General? 2007

  • Rod White, a metrologist measurement scientist, used the spare time off the course to undertake an analysis that revealed the foundation of an effective golf swing.

    A Link for Art Scott Bill Crider 2006

  • Rod White, a metrologist measurement scientist, used the spare time off the course to undertake an analysis that revealed the foundation of an effective golf swing.

    Archive 2006-12-17 Bill Crider 2006

  • Charles-Edouard Guillaume, is undeniably the foremost metrologist of today.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1920 - Presentation Speech 1967

  • He spent time as a submarine sailor for the U.S. Navy, calibrating tools as a metrologist, also as a musician and a screenwriter before becoming a novelist at age 57.

    CNN.com 2012

  • "The systems that will eventually bring rain and snow to the Midwest and Northeast are currently bringing rain and mountain snow to much of the Southwest," said Weather Channel metrologist Mark Avery.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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