0 relating to metrology (= the scientific study of measurement):
Abbe’s report was presented to the American Metrological Society, which sought to standardize the measurement of time.
It was a strictly technical metrological decision to adopt an atomic standard as the fundamental standard of frequency.
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is a metrological laboratory that can arrange for the measurement standards of any country to be compared with internationally agreed standards.
Thom's studies of stone circles gave new cause for inquiry into astronomical and metrological knowledge in prehistoric Britain.