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
The following table may be of some service in assigning problems in mensuration in connection with the regular polyhedrons, although some of the formulas are too difficult for beginners to prove.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
His discovery also extended to the volume of the cone, and it was his work that gave the beginning to the science of stereometry, the mensuration part of solid geometry.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
The mensuration of the volume of the prism, including the rectangular parallelepiped and cube, was known to the ancients.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
The first few propositions include those that lead up to the mensuration of the circle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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