† mecometern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: meco- comb. form, -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < meco- comb. form + -meter comb. form², probably after French mécomètre (1630 in a book title denoting an instrument used in geometry for measuring lengths and visible distances; 1868 in Littré denoting the obstetric instrument, although compare quot. 1846). Compare earlier mecometry n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mikǫ·mĭtəɹ) /miːˈkɒmɪtə(r)/.

Obsolete. rare.

An instrument for measuring length; spec. a graduated instrument for measuring the length of a fetus or newborn infant.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > for measuring new-born babies

mecometer1846

1846 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 6) 472/1 Mecometer, a kind of graduated compass..used at the Hospice de Maternité of Paris.

1867 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 19 Jan. 89 In fact, he did his very best to get larger ‘mercy’. And he shall have it; and at a length which will content him, unless his mecometer be an insatiable apparatus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	mecometer
释义	† mecometern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: meco- comb. form, -meter comb. form². Etymology: < meco- comb. form + -meter comb. form², probably after French mécomètre (1630 in a book title denoting an instrument used in geometry for measuring lengths and visible distances; 1868 in Littré denoting the obstetric instrument, although compare quot. 1846). Compare earlier mecometry n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mikǫ·mĭtəɹ) /miːˈkɒmɪtə(r)/. Obsolete. rare. An instrument for measuring length; spec. a graduated instrument for measuring the length of a fetus or newborn infant. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > for measuring new-born babies mecometer1846 1846 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 6) 472/1 Mecometer, a kind of graduated compass..used at the Hospice de Maternité of Paris. 1867 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 19 Jan. 89 In fact, he did his very best to get larger ‘mercy’. And he shall have it; and at a length which will content him, unless his mecometer be an insatiable apparatus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1846
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