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[syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Measurement \Meas"ure*ment\, n.
1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,
measurement is required.
[1913 Webster]
2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five
acres.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
measurement
n 1: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena
according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully
done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
[syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "measurement":
accounting, acreage, amount, amplitude, analyzing, appraisal,
appraisement, appraising, appreciation, area, ascertainment,
assessing, assessment, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, calculation,
caliber, capacity, census, computation, counting, coverage,
dactylonomy, depth, determination, diameter, dimension, dimensions,
enumeration, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluation,
evaluative criticism, expanse, expansion, extension, extent,
foliation, force, gauge, gauging, girth, greatness, height,
inventorying, judgement, largeness, length, magnitude, mass,
matter, measure, measuring, mensuration, mileage, numbering,
numbers, numeration, opinion, pagination, period, proportion,
proportions, quantification, quantity, quantization, quantum,
radius, range, ranking, rating, reach, reckoning, scale, scope,
size, spread, strength, substance, sum, tallying, telling, tonnage,
valuation, valuing, view, volume, weighing, weight, whole, width
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
measurement
The act or process of measuring; a figure, extent,
or amount obtained by measuring.
(1996-12-27)