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• seismography go
  the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes
  
• quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis go
  chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
  
• actinometry go
  measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
  
• algometry go
  measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure
  
• anemography go
  recording anemometrical measurements
  
• anemometry go
  measuring wind speed and direction
  
• angulation go
  the precise measurement of angles
  
• anthropometry go
  measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities
  
• arterial blood gases go
  measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood
  
• audiometry go
  measuring sensitivity of hearing
  
• plumbing, bathymetry go
  measuring the depths of the oceans
  
• calorimetry go
  measurement of quantities of heat
  
• cephalometry go
  measurement of human heads
  
• densitometry go
  measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission
  
• dosimetry go
  measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source
  
• fetometry, foetometry go
  measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)
  
• hydrometry, gravimetry go
  the measurement of specific gravity
  
• hypsometry, hypsography go
  measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
  
• mental measurement go
  a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions
  
• micrometry go
  measuring with a micrometer
  
• observation go
  the act of making and recording a measurement
  
• pelvimetry go
  measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
  
• photometry go
  measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)
  
• quantification go
  the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
  
• radioactive dating go
  measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains
  
• reading, meter reading go
  the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
  
• sampling go
  measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
  
• sounding go
  the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
  
• sound ranging go
  locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions
  
• scaling go
  act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
  
• spirometry go
  the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity
  
• surveying go
  the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
  
• telemetry go
  automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means
  
• thermometry go
  the measurement of temperature
  
• thermogravimetry go
  the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances
  
• tonometry go
  the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea
  
• viscometry, viscosimetry go
  the measurement of viscosity