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logometric, a.|lɒgəʊˈmɛtrɪk|
[f. Gr. λόγο-ς ratio + µέτρ-ον measure + -ic.]
Indicating ratios by measurement. Used by Wollaston to designate his ‘scale’ for the graphic representation of chemical equivalents. Hence logoˈmetrical a. (in the same sense), logoˈmetrically adv.
1813Wollaston in Phil. Trans. CIV. 15 Those who are acquainted..with the use of logarithms as measures of ratios..will not need to be told that all the divisions are logometric. Ibid. 17 In the engraved scale of equivalents, the ratios of these numbers are represented by logometric intervals at which they are placed. Ibid., The slider..is logometrically divided. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. xxii. 555 The scale is the logometric line of numbers. 1855Ogilvie, Suppl., Logometrical. |