mensuration
Americannoun
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the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
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the act or process of measuring.
noun
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the study of the measurement of geometric magnitudes such as length
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the act or process of measuring; measurement
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of mensuration
1565–75; < Late Latin mēnsūrātiōn- (stem of mēnsūrātiō ) a measuring. See measure, -ation
Example Sentences
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Body temperature changes through the menstrual cycle, rising just before ovulation and falling as mensuration begins.
From The Verge ● Oct. 26, 2021
Evidently the selection must include the great basal propositions that are needed in mensuration and in later mathematics, together with others that are necessary to prove them.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
He studies form, in mensuration, throughout his course in arithmetic, and this, too, is good educational policy.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
In mensuration, in general, this proposition enters more often than any others, except those on the measuring of the rectangle and triangle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
Comparative mensuration is a very popular process, and a very comforting process, for all, who have made small progress in self-knowledge; and this category comprehends all, but a very small minority.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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