An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
METROLOGY
metrology
(noun) the scientific study of measurement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
metrology (countable and uncountable, plural metrologies)
(uncountable) The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
(countable) A system of weights and measures.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*trol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -métrologie.]
Definition: The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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