mensuration

[ men-shuh-rey-shuhn, -suh- ]

noun

1. the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
2. the act or process of measuring.

mensuration

/ ˈmɛnʃərətɪv; ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. the study of the measurement of geometric magnitudes such as length
2. the act or process of measuring; measurement

Derived Forms

• mensurative, adjective
• ˌmensuˈrational, adjective

Other Words From

• mensu·ration·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mensuration¹

1565–75; < Late Latin mēnsūrātiōn- (stem of mēnsūrātiō ) a measuring. See measure, -ation

Example Sentences

Body temperature changes through the menstrual cycle, rising just before ovulation and falling as mensuration begins.

From The Verge

Some women embrace it as a time to slow down from daily duties and celebrate womanhood and mensuration, and it is this idea that the Red Tent community draws from.

From Los Angeles Times

Here Ockeghem, seemingly writing for three confident singers with wide vocal ranges, keeps the texture uniform and varies the mensuration, or rhythmic organization, almost not at all.

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg

It is merely a question of simple mensuration, and no problem of “high mathematics” is involved.

From Project Gutenberg