ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Measurement', Synonyms of 'Measurement' & More on 'Measurement'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

measurement
    n 1: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena
         according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully
         done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
         [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Measurement \Meas"ure*ment\, n.
   1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,
      measurement is required.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
      ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five
      acres.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

measurement

    The act or process of measuring; a figure, extent,
   or amount obtained by measuring.

   (1996-12-27)

Thesaurus Results for measurement:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accounting, acreage, amount, amplitude, analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, area, ascertainment, assessing, assessment, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, calculation, caliber, capacity, census, computation, counting, coverage, dactylonomy, depth, determination, diameter, dimension, dimensions, enumeration, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative criticism, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, foliation, force, gauge, gauging, girth, greatness, height, inventorying, judgement, largeness, length, magnitude, mass, matter, measure, measuring, mensuration, mileage, numbering, numbers, numeration, opinion, pagination, period, proportion, proportions, quantification, quantity, quantization, quantum, radius, range, ranking, rating, reach, reckoning, scale, scope, size, spread, strength, substance, sum, tallying, telling, tonnage, valuation, valuing, view, volume, weighing, weight, whole, width

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