mensurationaladj.
/ˌmɛnʃᵿˈreɪʃn(ə)l/, /ˌmɛnsjᵿˈreɪʃn(ə)l/, /ˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃn(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌmɛn(t)ʃəˈreɪʃən(ə)l/, /ˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃən(ə)l/, /ˌmɛn(t)ʃəˈreɪʃn(ə)l/, /ˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃn(ə)l/ Concerned with measurement.
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metena1400
metrical1650
mensural1651
decimal1794
metrological1834
mensurational1880
quantificational1939
1880 Nature 1 July 193/2 Three years' experimenting in mensurational spectroscopy.
1946 W. Ivins Art & Geom. vi. 90 Alberti did not call explicit attention to the measurements in his construction, but its implicit mensurational aspects were obvious.
1973 C. E. Oxnard in M. H. Day Human Evol. vi. 110 Mensurational data frequently depend upon particular orientations of specimens along standard lines or planes.
1991 Jrnl. Devel. Stud. (Nexis) 27 299 Those who seek a comprehensive introduction to the techniques and sciences constituting forestry may find it lacking information about silvicultural, mensurational and harvesting matters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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