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.

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Etymology

Origin of admeasurement

First recorded in 1590–1600; admeasure + -ment

Example Sentences

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 Wight, John

Surely hard biting is sufficiently appreciable by the person bitten without any visual admeasurement of the masseter muscles or the zygomatic arches.

From Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin by Ball, W. P. (William Platt)

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

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

Of the former there can be no admeasurement, excepting by its effect, which is recollection: its duration can be well ascertained.

From Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect by Haslam, John