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

While thus engaged, he managed to attend an evening class occasionally, and made an attempt at learning Latin and mensuration.

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As to mensuration, which is an actualization of measure, in respect of the measured object, it consists in a reason.

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Still more important than Wordsworth, or the eminent authors, Burke and Hare, was the art and science of mensuration.

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All these elements of mensuration within the crystal Hay thought could be indicated by rational coefficients.

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They are discovered by mensuration, and they are the objects of mathematical inquiry.

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