-metricalcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. optometrical adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: geometrical adj.

Etymology: < -metrical in words such as geometrical adj., in which -al suffix¹ has been added to the Greek element -μετρικός (see -metric comb. form).Where matching formations in -metric and -metrical exist, there is a tendency for the formation in -metrical to be earlier.

A terminal element of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -meter comb. form² or -metry comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	-metrical
释义	-metricalcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. optometrical adj. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: geometrical adj. Etymology: < -metrical in words such as geometrical adj., in which -al suffix¹ has been added to the Greek element -μετρικός (see -metric comb. form).Where matching formations in -metric and -metrical exist, there is a tendency for the formation in -metrical to be earlier. A terminal element of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -meter comb. form² or -metry comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < comb. form
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