mensuration
the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
the act or process of measuring.
Origin of mensuration
1Other words from mensuration
- men·su·ra·tion·al, adjective
Words Nearby mensuration
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How to use mensuration in a sentence
While thus engaged, he managed to attend an evening class occasionally, and made an attempt at learning Latin and mensuration.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneAs to mensuration, which is an actualization of measure, in respect of the measured object, it consists in a reason.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)Still more important than Wordsworth, or the eminent authors, Burke and Hare, was the art and science of mensuration.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingAll these elements of mensuration within the crystal Hay thought could be indicated by rational coefficients.
Catholic Churchmen in Science | James J. WalshThey are discovered by mensuration, and they are the objects of mathematical inquiry.
British Dictionary definitions for mensuration
/ (ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən) /
the study of the measurement of geometric magnitudes such as length
the act or process of measuring; measurement
Derived forms of mensuration
- mensurational, adjective
- mensurative (ˈmɛnʃərətɪv), adjective
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