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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Measuringadjective

    It is applied to a cast not to be distinguished in its length from another but by measuring.

    Etymology: from measure.

    When lusty shepherds throw
    The bar by turns, and none the rest out-go
    So far, but that the best are meas’ring casts,
    Their emulation and their pastime lasts. Edmund Waller.

Wikipedia

  1. measuring

    Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events. In other words, measurement is a process of determining how large or small a physical quantity is as compared to a basic reference quantity of the same kind. The scope and application of measurement are dependent on the context and discipline. In natural sciences and engineering, measurements do not apply to nominal properties of objects or events, which is consistent with the guidelines of the International vocabulary of metrology published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. However, in other fields such as statistics as well as the social and behavioural sciences, measurements can have multiple levels, which would include nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales.Measurement is a cornerstone of trade, science, technology and quantitative research in many disciplines. Historically, many measurement systems existed for the varied fields of human existence to facilitate comparisons in these fields. Often these were achieved by local agreements between trading partners or collaborators. Since the 18th century, developments progressed towards unifying, widely accepted standards that resulted in the modern International System of Units (SI). This system reduces all physical measurements to a mathematical combination of seven base units. The science of measurement is pursued in the field of metrology. Measurement is defined as the process of comparison of an unknown quantity with a known or standard quantity.

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  1. measuring

    Measuring is the action of determining the size, quantity, capacity, extent, or amount of something by using various tools or instruments, or comparing it against established standards or units. This process can be used in different contexts such as science, engineering, cooking, construction, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Measuring

    of Measure

  2. Measuringadjective

    used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure

Editors Contribution

  1. measuringverb

    Verb form of the word measure.

    They were measuring the amount of water they were using to ensure they were being prudent and responsible as a family.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of measuring in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of measuring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of measuring in a Sentence

  1. Tamar Krishnamurti:

    For example, cholesterol can be a surrogate outcome for measuring the effectiveness of a drug to treat heart disease.

  2. Nely Fleming:

    Then she reached into her purse and produced a measuring tape, and she said, ‘ This is to measure you for your wedding gown, ’ i am 5-feet-2, but at that time I felt up in the clouds – 6-feet-2 … like Sam Fleming was.

  3. Jose Vicente Gutierrez:

    However hard you train, it's not the same as measuring yourself against competitors.

  4. Eran Elinav:

    Measuring such a large cohort without any prejudice really enlightened us on how inaccurate we all were about one of the most basic concepts of our existence, which is what we eat and how we integrate nutrition into our daily life, in contrast to our current practices, tailoring diets to the individual may allow us to utilize nutrition as means of controlling elevated blood sugar levels and its associated medical conditions.

  5. Jay Olson:

    The test measures divergent thinking and verbal creativity, which are important but limited aspects of overall creativity. Our task won't predict your creative culinary skills, but it will predict performance on various types of problem-solving, which suggests it is doing more than simply measuring vocabulary, still, we'll need future research to assess how our task relates to other verbal abilities or intelligence more broadly.

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