θερμός/thermos: warm +μέτρον/metron: meter, measure =
θερμόμετρο/thermometron = thermometer("warmth-measure")
Also: thermos, thermal, thermostat, thermonuclear, thermodetonator, hypothermia, thermodynamics, etc.
meter comes from the Greek word metron meaning measure
metre/meter (as in kilometre/kilometer)
measure
μέτριον [metrion] (adjective) = balanced, counted, in the middle, medium (without exaggerations)
Metron means Sphere of influence and measure of rule
'Trigonometry' comes from Greek: 'trigonon' = 'triangle' and 'metron' = 'measure'. So, basically, the measurement of triangles.
The term "stoichiometry" comes from the Greek words στοιχεῖον (i.e. stoicheion) meaning "element" and μέτρον (i.e. metron) meaning "measure".
Metron is actually a Greek root (μέτρον) meaning "measure, size, distance." For example, a metronome regulates a measure of time (μέτρον + νόμος (nomos, "law")).
The word trigonometry originates from the two Greek words 'trigon' and 'metron'. While 'trigon' has the meaning of triangle, 'metron' means to measure. The literal translation of the word trigonometry is to measure triangles.
It is the smallest unit of measure and it is Greek
measure
No. "Stoked" comes from the Dutch stoken "to poke, thrust," related to stoc "stick, stump,"Stoichiometry" comes from the Greek words στοιχεῖον (i.e. stoicheion) meaning "element" and μέτρον (i.e. metron) meaning "measure".
Metre is the British spelling of meter. A meter is equal to 39.37 (American) inches equaling 3 feet. It is part of the metric system. It originated from the French in the late 1700's It originates from Greek "metron" meaning to measure. The word "meter" is from Latin also meaning to measure.
The word metre comes from the greek word metron, which means "measure"; it was introduced to the SI system by Tito Burattini in 1675.
Geometry- is a branch of Mathematics concerned with the study of the properties of lines, angles, surfaces and solids.(Greek "Geo" meaning "Earth" and "Metron/Metrein" meaning "to measure".
It was derived from the Greek 'Metron Katholikon' meaning a universal measure. The word gave rise to the French 'Metre' in 1797 and then passed into the English language