ˈland measurementn. the art or process of determining by measurement the area of lands, fields, farms, etc.: properly a subordinate branch of land surveying, but the terms are often used synonymously.
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1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 624/1 The principle of throwing the area of any given field or set of fields into triangular spaces, is that pursued in all processes of land-measurement.