measurement
4 definitions found
measurement - 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]
measurement - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
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]
measurement - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
measurement
<testing> The act or process of measuring; a figure, extent,
or amount obtained by measuring.
(1996-12-27)
measurement - 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
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