longimetricadj.
/ˌlɒn(d)ʒᵻˈmɛtrɪk/, U.S. /ˌlɔndʒəˈmɛtrɪk/, /ˌlɑndʒəˈmɛtrɪk/ rare before 20th cent.
Involving or employing the measurement of horizontal distances.
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1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. ii. ii. 72 Determine their Distances carefully by one of the longimetric Problems.
1950 Internat. Arch. Photogrammetry 10 323 The longimetric measure has an own intrinsic inaccuracy which increases as known together with its length. The mean altimetric error resulted ± 0,91 m.
1994 R. Taylor et al. tr. H.-W. Kruft Hist. Archit. Theory xxv. 182 At the end of the work there are two illustrations in ‘longimetric’ perspective (Plate 115), from unlikely viewpoints looking down through a building from a vertiginous height.
2010 A. Pratelli & C. A. Brebbia Proc. 16th Internat. Conf. Urban Transport & Environment 77 The laser rangefinder Leica A8 is a longimetric indirect instrument to accurately measure lengths, areas and volumes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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