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English noun: measurement

1. measurement (act) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule


SamplesThe measurements were carefully done.
His mental measurings proved remarkably accurate.


Synonymsmeasure, measuring, mensuration


Broader (hypernym)activity


Narrower (hyponym)actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, calorimetry, cephalometry, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mental measurement, meter reading, micrometry, observation, pelvimetry, photometry, plumbing, quantification, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, radioactive dating, reading, sampling, scaling, seismography, sound ranging, sounding, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermogravimetry, thermometry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry









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