Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The measurement of weight or the determination of the specific gravity of bodies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) the measurement of specific gravity.

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  • noun the measurement of gravity (the strength of the gravitational field)
  • noun the measurement of specific gravity; hydrometry

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  • noun the measurement of specific gravity

Etymologies

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gravi- + -metry

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Examples

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  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

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  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

    RealClimate 2009

  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

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  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

    RealClimate 2009

  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

    RealClimate 2009

  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

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