epipedometry

epipedometry
† ˌepipeˈdometry Obs.—0
[f. Gr. ἐπίπεδ-ος (f. ἐπί upon + πέδον the ground), in Geom. = plane, superficial + -µετρία measurement.]
Explained in Dicts. as ‘The measurement of figures that stand on the same base’.
Etymologically the word can only mean ‘measurement of plane surfaces’, though some Fr. dicts. explain épipédométrie as ‘measurement of solids’.
in Phillips. 1721–1800 in Bailey. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.

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  • Epipedometry — Ep i*pe*dom e*try, n. [Gr. epi pedos on the ground, level ( epi + pe don ground) + metry.] (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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