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
- mensurational adjective
- mensurative adjective
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
In the matter of the mensuration of the circle the annexed design has some interest.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
In the mensuration of plane figures, which may be boundaries of solid figures, this is particularly true.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
His internal dimensions have long been a favorite theme of speculation to his friends, but, alas! the problem must ever set at defiance all the ordinary rules of mensuration.
From Doesticks, What He Says by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
In mensuration, in general, this proposition enters more often than any others, except those on the measuring of the rectangle and triangle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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