[f. AUTO- + Gr. -μετρία measurement.] a. Self-measurement, self-estimation. b. Measurement of the parts of a figure in terms of its entire height. Autometric a. [see IC], of or pertaining to autometry.
1829. Southey, Sir T. More (1831), II. 278. You judge of others by yourselves, and therefore measure them by an erroneous standard whenever your autometry is false.
1874. Edin. Rev., No. 285. 191. Autometric division or delineation of figures in terms of their entire height.
