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English

Noun

  1. The branch of mathematics that deals with measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas and volumes of geometric figures.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mensuration \Men`su*ra"tion\, n. [L. mensuratio : cf. F.
mensuration.]
1. The act, process, or art, of measuring.
[1913 Webster]

2. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for
finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the
volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and
angles.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet mensuration
n : the act or process of measuring; "the measurements were
carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably
accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure]
Moby Dictionary
altimetry , appraisal , appraisement , approximation , assessment ,
assize , assizement , bathymetry , biometrics , biometry , cadastration ,
calculation , cartography , chorography , computation , correction ,
craniometry , determination , estimate , estimation , evaluation ,
gauging , geodesy , geodetics , goniometry , hypsography , hypsometry ,
instrumentation , measure , measurement , measuring , metric system ,
metrology , oceanography , planimetry , psychometrics , psychometry ,
quantification , quantization , rating , stereometry , survey ,
surveying , telemetering , telemetry , topography , triangulation ,
valuation


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