metro- combining form
▶ with stress-neutral suffix(i) ¦metr ə ʊ AmE -ə , (ii) ¦miːtr əʊ AmE -ə —(i) particularly in the senses 'measurement', 'mother'
▶ (ii) particularly in the sense 'uterus' — metronymic ˌmetr ə ʊ ˈnɪm ɪk ◂ AmE -ə- BrE AmE
▶ with stress-imposing suffix mɪ ˈtrɒ+ mə-, me- AmE -ˈtrɑː+ — metrolog|y mɪ ˈtrɒl ədʒ |i mə-, me- AmE -ˈtrɑːl- ~ies iz BrE AmE