stereometry

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stereometry

(ˌstɛrɪˈɒmɪtrɪ; ˌstɪər-)

(General Physics) the measurement of volume

stereometric, ˌstereoˈmetrical adj

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stereometry

1. the process of determining the volume and dimensions of a solid.
2. the process of determining the specific gravity of a liquid. — stereometric, adj.

See also: Measurement

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stereometria

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"It does not seem to me," declares Austerlitz, "that we understand the laws governing the return of the past, but I feel more and more as if time did not exist at all, only various spaces interlocking according to the rules of a higher form of stereometry, between which the living and the dead can move back and forth as they like."