mensuration

[ men-shuh-rey-shuhn, -suh- ]

/ ˌmɛn ʃəˈreɪ ʃən, -sə- /

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noun

the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.

the act or process of measuring.

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Origin of mensuration

1565–75; <Late Latin mēnsūrātiōn- (stem of mēnsūrātiō) a measuring. See measure, -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM mensuration

men·su·ra·tion·al, adjective

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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. Deane
As 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 Kipling
All these elements of mensuration within the crystal Hay thought could be indicated by rational coefficients.
Catholic Churchmen in Science|James J. Walsh

They are discovered by mensuration, and they are the objects of mathematical inquiry.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

British Dictionary definitions for mensuration

mensuration

/ (ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən) /

noun

the study of the measurement of geometric magnitudes such as length

the act or process of measuring; measurement

Derived forms of mensuration

mensurational, adjectivemensurative (ˈmɛnʃərətɪv), adjective

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Origin of mensuration

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