Meaning of MEASURING
| Pronunciation: | | m'ezhuring
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act or process of measuring; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" |
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| | Synonyms: | | measure, measurement, mensuration |
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| | See Also: | | actinometry, activity, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, calorimetry, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mental measurement, meter reading, observation, pelvimetry, plumbing, quantification, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, radioactive dating, reading, sampling, scaling, sound ranging, sounding, spirometery, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, viscometry | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Meas"ur*ing\, a.
Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or
dividing by measure.
{Measuring faucet}, a faucet which permits only a given
quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one
by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
{Measuring worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any geometrid moth.
See {Geometrid}.
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| | Related Terms: | | appraisal, appraisement, approximation, approximative, assessment, assize, assizement, calculation, chorographic, computation, correction, determination, estimate, estimation, estimative, evaluation, gauging, hypsographic, instrumentation, measure, measurement, mensural, mensuration, mensurational, mensurative, metric, metric system, numerative, oceanographic, quantification, quantitative, quantization, rating, survey, surveying, telemetering, telemetry, topographic, triangulation, valuation, valuational, valuative |
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