Definition of Biometry

1. Noun. A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.

Exact synonyms: Biometrics, Biostatistics
Generic synonyms: Statistics, Bioscience, Life Science

Definition of Biometry

1. n. Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

Definition of Biometry

1. Noun. The analysis of biological statistical data; biometrics. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biometry

1. the statistical study of biological data [n -TRIES]

Medical Definition of Biometry

1. Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life. Origin: Gr. Life + -metry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biometry

biometers
biomethylation
biomethylations
biometric
biometric authentication
biometric identification
biometrical
biometrical genetics
biometrical school
biometrically
biometrician
biometricians
biometrics
biometries
biometry (current term)
biomicroscope
biomicroscopy
biomimetic
biomimetically
biomimeticing
biomimetics
biomimicking
biomimicry
biomineral
biomineralisation
biomineralization
biomineralize
biomineralized
biomineralizes

Literary usage of Biometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"THE RISE AND VOGUE OF biometry No historical account of the development of the evolution idea would be complete without a statement of the r61e played by ..."

2. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"biometry Statistical methods applied to biology have been termed biometry by Professor Karl Pearson. Francis Galton's book on "Natural Inheritance" is a ..."

3. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"CHAPTER X THE APPLICATION OF biometry TO ANTHROPOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE MEDIAL MEN Theory of the Medial Man.—Measurements are used not only ..."

4. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"In this connection it is well always to bear in mind the warning of Johannsen, himself a past master in biometry, when he writes: "Mit Mathematik nicht als ..."

5. Vincent d'Indy, sa vie et son �uvre by Milton Joseph Rosenau, Louis Borgex (1913)
"biometry Statistical methods applied to biology have been termed biometry by Professor Karl Pearson. Francis Galton's book on "Natural Inheritance" is a ..."

6. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"biometry The new science of biometry, that is, the application of statistical methods to biological facts, has been developed within recent years. ..."

7. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"THE RISE AND VOGUE OF biometry No historical account of the development of the evolution idea would be complete without a statement of the r61e played by ..."

8. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"biometry Statistical methods applied to biology have been termed biometry by Professor Karl Pearson. Francis Galton's book on "Natural Inheritance" is a ..."

9. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"CHAPTER X THE APPLICATION OF biometry TO ANTHROPOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE MEDIAL MEN Theory of the Medial Man.—Measurements are used not only ..."

10. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"In this connection it is well always to bear in mind the warning of Johannsen, himself a past master in biometry, when he writes: "Mit Mathematik nicht als ..."

11. Vincent d'Indy, sa vie et son �uvre by Milton Joseph Rosenau, Louis Borgex (1913)
"biometry Statistical methods applied to biology have been termed biometry by Professor Karl Pearson. Francis Galton's book on "Natural Inheritance" is a ..."

12. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"biometry The new science of biometry, that is, the application of statistical methods to biological facts, has been developed within recent years. ..."

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