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
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Etymology
Origin of mensuration
1565–75; < Late Latin mēnsūrātiōn- (stem of mēnsūrātiō ) a measuring. See measure, -ation
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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
These two propositions are fundamental in the mensuration of the prism.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
These three form the foundation of trigonometry and of the mensuration of plane figures.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
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 David Eugene Smith
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 Q. K. Philander Doesticks
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