What does horometry mean?
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Horometrynoun
The art of measuring hours.
Etymology: horometrie, French; ὥϱα and μετϱέω.
It is no easy wonder how the horometry of antiquity discovered not this artifice. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Webster Dictionary
Horometrynoun
the art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions
Etymology: [Cf. F. horomtrie. See Horometer.]
Wikidata
Horometry
Horometry is the art, practice or method by which time is measured in hours or by smaller units. By this account, a "horometer" is an instrument that measures time.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Horometry
hor-om′et-ri, n. the art or practice of measuring time.—adj. Horomet′rical. [Gr. hōra, an hour, metron, a measure.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of horometry in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of horometry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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