[ ˌklʌɪə(ʊ)'mɛtrɪks ]
■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] a technique for the interpretation of economic history, based on the statistical analysis of numerical data from population censuses, parish registers, etc.
Derivatives
cliometric adjective
cliometrician noun
Origin
1960s (orig. US): from Clio , the Muse of history in Gk and Roman mythology, on the pattern of words such as econometrics .