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Biometry

Biometry \Bi*om"e*try\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + -metry.] Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
biometry

see biometrics.

Wiktionary
biometry

n. The analysis of biological statistical data; biometrics.

WordNet
biometry

n. a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis [syn: biometrics]

Usage examples of "biometry".

But while she had been sitting in her office at home the previous morning, routinely checking the biometry from the final set of simulations, Nicole had come across a curious phenomenon.

Takagishi's detailed heart biometry for comparison, since he had been engaged in a strenuous physical activity with Richard at the time of the pulse surge.

I would like to talk with you personally and explain something that may be related to my irregular biometry data.

You hoped that nobody analyzing the tests would call for a full biometry dump.

Nicole had pulled out her scanner and biometry monitor to check all his vital statistics.

According to the data, if the biometry information input from Borzov's probe set was analyzed under the assumption that the cause for the abnor­malities could not be an appendicitis, then there was a 62 percent chance that it was due to a drug reaction.

Her detailed analysis of the biometry data from General Borzov showed that he had had extraordi­nary levels of two strange chemicals in his system just before his death.

Would you please go over to your hut and bring back your biometry equip­ment?

Alexander, the one who asked you all the questions after your open biometry meeting in November,, even spent fifteen minutes explaining how Rama's existence had exposed a flaw in the ISA charter.

This past spring, as much to keep myself busy as anything, I inserted a set of the leftover biometry probes in each of us and monitored the data for a few weeks.

I injected a set of biometry probes into his system and have been monitoring the output ever since.

Should I get the scanner and see if I can tell anything from your biometry?

Had their own, self-contained air and water supply, and sophisticated biometry and communication systems.

On the appointed day, Ellie had signed out of New Eden and walked across to Avalon, ostensibly to "monitor carefully" a full twelve hours of Eponine's biometry data.