mensuration

men·su·ra·tion

M0220900 (mĕn′sə-rā′shən, -shə-)n.1. The act, process, or art of measuring.2. Measurement of geometric quantities.

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[Late Latin mēnsūrātiō, mēnsūrātiōn-, from mēnsūrātus, past participle of mēnsūrāre, to measure, from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure.]

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men′su·ra′tive adj.

mensuration

(ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən) n1. (Mathematics) the study of the measurement of geometric magnitudes such as length2. the act or process of measuring; measurement ˌmensuˈrational adj mensurative adj

men•su•ra•tion

(ˌmɛn ʃəˈreɪ ʃən, -sə-)

n. the act or process of measuring. [1565–75; < Late Latin] men′su•ra`tive, adj.

mensuration

1. the act, process, or science of measurement.
2. the branch of geometry dealing with measurement of length, area, or volume. — mensurate, mensurational, adj.See also: Measurement

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mensuration - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"measurement, measuring, measureactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"seismography - the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakesquantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis - chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substanceactinometry - measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)algometry - measuring sensitivity to pain or pressureanemography - recording anemometrical measurementsanemometry - measuring wind speed and directionangulation - the precise measurement of anglesanthropometry - measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacitiesarterial blood gases - measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseasesaudiometry - measuring sensitivity of hearingbathymetry, plumbing - measuring the depths of the oceanscalorimetry - measurement of quantities of heatcephalometry - measurement of human headsdensitometry - measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmissiondosimetry - measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive sourcefetometry, foetometry - measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)gravimetry, hydrometry - the measurement of specific gravityhypsometry, hypsography - measurement of the elevation of land above sea levelmental measurement - a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functionsmicrometry - measuring with a micrometerobservation - the act of making and recording a measurementpelvimetry - measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)photometry - measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)quantification - the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of somethingradioactive dating - measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the objectmeter reading, reading - the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"sampling - measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)sound ranging - locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positionsscaling - act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scalespirometry - the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacitysurveying - the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college"telemetry - automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other meansthermometry - the measurement of temperaturethermogravimetry - the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substancestonometry - the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the corneaviscometry, viscosimetry - the measurement of viscosity

mensuration

nounThe act or process of ascertaining dimensions, quantity, or capacity:measure, measurement, metrology.

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