[f. as prec. + Gr. -μετρία measuring.] The art or science of measuring the distances of objects.
1570. Dee, Math. Præf., 16. To vnderstand [by geometry] … how farre, a thing seene (on land or water) is from the measurer … may be called Apomecometrie. [In Phillips, Bailey, and mod. Dicts.]
