morphometricallyadv.
/mɔːfəˈmɛtrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɔrfəˈmɛtrək(ə)li/ As regards (in quot. 1937: as a result of) morphometric features; by means of morphometry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [adverb] > in a morphometric manner
morphometrically1937
1937 Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 33 67 The lake is primarily eutrophic, secondarily or morphometrically oligotrophic.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. ii. 170 The number of lakes of maximum depth of over 400 m. will, however, be greatly increased when the large lakes of southern South America become known morphometrically.
1960 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 29 310 The parents were most probably very similar morphometrically to the fledglings.
1989 Jrnl. Zool. 219 298 Based on the coefficients of variables for these axes..the groups can be characterized morphometrically.
1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 10988/2 Even though the total area of these junctions has been measured morphometrically, their shapes are not known in detail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adv.1937