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METROLOGIST

Specialty Definition: METROLOGIST

DomainDefinition

Occupations

Develops and evaluates calibration systems that measure characteristics of objects, substances, or phenomena, such as length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, luminous intensity, and derived units of physical or chemical measure: Identifies magnitude of error sources contributing to uncertainty of results to determine reliability of measurement process in quantitative terms. Redesigns or adjusts measurement capability to minimize errors. Develops calibration methods and techniques based on principles of measurement science, technical analysis of measurement problems, and accuracy and precision requirements. Directs engineering, quality, and laboratory personnel in design, manufacture, evaluation, and calibration of measurement standards, instruments, and test systems to ensure selection of approved instrumentation. Advises others on methods of resolving measurement problems and exchanges information with other metrology personnel through participation in government and industrial standardization committees and professional societies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: METROLOGIST

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

metrologist

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: METROLOGIST

Derivations

Words beginning with "METROLOGIST": metrologists. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: METROLOGIST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-m-o-o-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: gloomiest, oligomers.

-3 letters: ergotism, glitters, gloomier, gomerils, grottoes, legrooms, mooriest, motliest, motorise, motorist, mottlers, oestriol, oligomer, omitters, roomiest, rootiest, rootlets, toilsome, tootlers, tortoise, tremolos, triolets.

-4 letters: egotism, egotist, erotism, estriol, gimlets, girosol, glister, glitter, glories, glottis, goiters, goitres, gomeril, gooiest, goosier, goriest, gristle, grottos, legroom, litotes, litters, logiest, loiters, looters, merlots, metrist, milters.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-m-o-o-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: metrologists.

 

+2 letters: dermatologist, meteorologist.

 

+3 letters: dermatologists, meteorologists, rheumatologist.

 

+4 letters: rheumatologists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: METROLOGIST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 45 54 52 4F 4C 4F 47 49 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000101 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001100 01001111 01000111 01001001 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#69 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#71 &#73 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0045 0054 0052 004F 004C 004F 0047 0049 0053 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4739545249464941435354

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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Derivations
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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