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admeasurement

[ ad-mezh-er-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the process of measuring.
  2. the number, dimensions, or measure of anything.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of admeasurement1

First recorded in 1590–1600; admeasure + -ment

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Example Sentences

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.

Of the former there can be no admeasurement, excepting by its effect, which is recollection: its duration can be well ascertained.

We now proceed to Sennan Church-town, which according to barometrical admeasurement is 391 feet above the level of the sea.

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