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

He knows by actual admeasurement that some of them are much larger than the planet he occupies.

From Key to the Science of Theology by Pratt, Parley P.

I admire the exact admeasurement of my niece in your mother’s letter—O! the little span-long elf.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

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

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah