horometry

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/həˈɹɒmətɹi/

noun

horology (the art or practice of measuring time).

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Meanings

nounhorometry (usually uncountable, plural horometries)

plural horometries

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyhorology (the art or practice of measuring time).

    the horometry of antiquity

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

Compare French horométrie. See horometer.

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APA

horometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horometry

MLA

“horometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horometry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horometry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horometry.

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