admeasurement

[ ad-mezh-er-muhnt ]

noun

1. the process of measuring.
2. the number, dimensions, or measure of anything.
3. apportionment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of admeasurement¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; admeasure + -ment

Example Sentences

By an accurate admeasurement he found that those nearly ready to be hatched were almost twice as big as those just laid.

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This bear, upon admeasurement, proved to be full fifteen feet in his greatest length.

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This so-called Statute of Admeasurement has not been traced to any authoritative source.

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Of the former there can be no admeasurement, excepting by its effect, which is recollection: its duration can be well ascertained.

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We now proceed to Sennan Church-town, which according to barometrical admeasurement is 391 feet above the level of the sea.

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