Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any local inflammatory condition following childbirth.
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Of the six qualities of architecture that Vitruvius recognized as many as four (ordinatio, dispositio, eurythmia, sym - metria) consist in the correct arrangement or disposi - tion of parts (De architectura I, 2, 1).
Dictionary of the History of Ideas W. TATARKIEWICZ 1968
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The word optometry comes from the greek words optos and metria meaning, literally "vision measurement."
EzineArticles 2010
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This form of measurement is called hypsometry from the Greek hypsos, "height" and metria
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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