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 this manuscript, which is devoted chiefly to fractions and to a crude algebra, is found some work on mensuration.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
This is also one of the basal propositions of solid geometry, and it has many applications in practical mensuration.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
From the one, these Ionians probably gained knowledge of certain periodic movements of some of the heavenly bodies; and from the other, a few rules of mensuration, perchance a little crude science.
From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward
The geometry of very ancient peoples was largely the mensuration of simple areas and solids, such as is taught to children in elementary arithmetic to-day.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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