admeasurement

[ ad-mezh-er-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. the process of measuring.

  2. the number, dimensions, or measure of anything.

Origin of admeasurement

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; admeasure + -ment

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How to use admeasurement in a sentence

  • By an accurate admeasurement he found that those nearly ready to be hatched were almost twice as big as those just laid.

  • This bear, upon admeasurement, proved to be full fifteen feet in his greatest length.

  • This so-called Statute of admeasurement has not been traced to any authoritative source.

    Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
  • Of the former there can be no admeasurement, excepting by its effect, which is recollection: its duration can be well ascertained.

    Sound Mind | John Haslam
  • We now proceed to Sennan Church-town, which according to barometrical admeasurement is 391 feet above the level of the sea.