Definitions for measurement
ˈmɛʒ ər məntmea·sure·ment

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. measurement, measuring, measure, mensurationnoun

   the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

   "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

Wiktionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. measurementnoun

   The act of measuring.

2. measurementnoun

   Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by measurement.

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1. Measurementnoun

   the act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required

2. Measurementnoun

   the extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres

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1. Measurement

   Measurement is the assignment of numbers to objects or events. It is a cornerstone of most natural sciences, technology, economics, and quantitative research in other social sciences.

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1. measurement

   The act or process of a measure.

   The measurement of the curtain rail was important in determining what length curtain to buy.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'measurement' in Nouns Frequency: #1369

How to pronounce measurement?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of measurement in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of measurement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of measurement in a Sentence

1. Ian Crawford:

   It's possible that helium-3 and other solar-wind–implanted ions, like hydrogen, may be in a higher abundance in the cold regolith near the lunar poles. That would be an important measurement to make and would require a polar lander.

2. Goethe:

   No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.

3. Don Blankenship:

   The wall is very important, ending the sanctuary cities is important, drug testing public officials – particularly teachers and judges and prosecutors, is important, and basically getting after the doctors and keeping better measurement of who is prescribing the drugs and who is distributing them.

4. Todd Halihan:

   It is a really easy measurement in this case whether a regulation is adequate: Have the number of quakes gone down? that says whether you're doing an adequate job.

5. Nilay Kumar:

   While the promise of mobile health in revolutionizing hypertension treatment is enormous, BP measurement using a smartphone is still in its developmental stages.

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