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admeasurement

American  
[ad-mezh-er-muhnt] / ædˈmɛʒ ər mənt /

noun

  1. the process of measuring.

  2. the number, dimensions, or measure of anything.

  3. apportionment.


Etymology

Origin of admeasurement

First recorded in 1590–1600; admeasure + -ment

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Less frequently used as an official unit of admeasurement of merchant ships is displacement tonnage.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are thus particular in her admeasurement, because it materially influenced the decision on her complaint.

From Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' by John Wight

This admeasurement raised my merriment to its acme, and I laughed aloud.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

Mode of procuring and paying seamen in that trade—their mortality in it—Construction and admeasurement of Slave-ships—Difficulty of procuring evidence—Cases of Gardiner and Arnold CHAP.

From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II by Thomas Clarkson

This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

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