How to Use metrology in a Sentence

metrology

noun
  • The new scanning and metrology team then checked every curve and angle against the digital model to ensure accuracy and quality.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The outfitting process begins with metrology, a measurement method used to confirm that the physical hardware matches the engineering designs.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • Openings spanned engineering roles in device modeling, wafer metrology, process development, and circuit design.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The team evaluated both cell types using an I-V tester, wafer metrology system, transmission electron microscopy, and simulation software.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Quantum metrology – the focus of the QLab – studies the highly complex measurements in the field that make these computers and calculations possible.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The resulting quantum circuit architecture could have an impact on photonic quantum computing and simulation, as well as metrology and communications.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2017
  • With the grant announced this week, UT will open a new quantum computing lab — called the QLab — to research and develop tools that improve the production of chips using quantum metrology and computing.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025
  • According to her, professions such as medicine, law, and finance are widely visible, while specialized industrial roles such as trade machinists trained through apprenticeships, metrology technicians, and machine alignment specialists often remain behind the scenes.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • These qualities have attracted attention from international metrology institutes, defense organizations, and space agencies.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This is particularly useful in low-light conditions, says Chun-Yuan (Robert) Wang, section manager of optics and metrology development at VisEra Tech.
    — Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The company provides process control and yield management solutions for semiconductor industries, including defect inspection, metrology (the science of measurement), process monitoring, computational lithography, and data analytics products.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The research, conducted by Francois Berkmans, Ludovic Nys, and Maxence Bigerelle, focuses on how surface metrology—essentially, the texture and topography of a painting’s brushstrokes—can be used like a fingerprint to zero in on the authorship of a particular artwork.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026

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