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noun

the act of measuring.

a measured dimension.

extent, size, etc., ascertained by measuring.

a system of measuring or measures: liquid measurement.

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Origin:
1745–55; measure + -ment

Related forms

mis·meas·ure·ment, noun

pre·meas·ure·ment, noun

re·meas·ure·ment, noun

self-meas·ure·ment, noun

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Temperature measurement is a method to take a person's temperature and determine whether it is within a normal range.

The joke is that students understand exactly what measurement tool is key to their college experience, it is called grades.

There is, though, a new enthusiasm for better measurement.

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Temperature measurement is a method to take a person's temperature and determine whether it is within a normal range.

The joke is that students understand exactly what measurement tool is key to their college experience, it is called grades.

There is, though, a new enthusiasm for better measurement.

Nanotech materials and devices measure less than a hundred nanometers, a unit of measurement that is one billionth of a meter.

One can then derive the speed of sound from a measurement of the time that an impulse of sound takes to traverse the tube.

Instead, it is a measurement used by brewers to track the density of certain ingredients.

We think the perfect fit measurement might create more accurate pairings and will save people a lot of time.

Blood pressure is a measurement of the force applied to the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood through the body.

That's a gross measurement of electric power actually consumed.

There is no broader social measurement tool that officials would agree is valid and useful.

Using new measurement techniques, the team could distinguish not only individual years of climate data, but seasonal fluctuations.

Astronomers have tracked the movement of a pulsar, making the first direct measurement of its impressive speed.

Thirty-four percent have some idea that science has to do with experimental study, rigorous comparison and careful measurement.

The measurement is also used beyond electronics, notably for measuring the frequency of sound waves.

Most physical exams include a blood pressure measurement.

It seems to me that both measurement columns are equally plausible.

The economy is essential to the measurement of nations' progress in improving standards of living.

Your carbon footprint is a measurement of the greenhouse gases your lifestyle produces.

Try to observe the same quantum particle a second time, and chances are you'll find your first measurement has knocked it about.

And that's a problem for the scientists in charge of the science of measurement.

More power has meant more flops, a common measurement of computing speed.

The waist-to-hip ratio measurement can be used to help determine obesity.

There is a serious measurement problem whenever the average or midpoint category in.

He thinks that calls for clever fund-raising, cautious spending and the precise measurement of outcomes.

All data sets may not use the same unit of measure, however you can convert your measurement to theirs and vice versa.

It acts as a measurement of those countless influences.

Precise measurement can make a big difference in recipes, especially when it comes to baking.

Welcome to the world of super-precise microclimate measurement.

Audience measurement has often remained piecemeal and diffuse.

Traces the history of measurement methods since ancient times and describes moves today toward an absolute system of measurement.

The measurement criteria for the success of women isn't the same in the cultures.

Absolute humidity is a measurement of the total amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature.

Most of the telltale signs provide surprisingly crude measurement.

The average mistake was half an inch, and one measurement was off by almost five inches.

Student learning is a fantastically complex construct, subject to philosophical disputes and measurement error.

Accurate measurement is the beginning of all science.

Nanotechnology gets its name from a unit of measurement known as the nanometer, which is one billionth of a meter.

If only it could explain why a quantum measurement yields a random outcome.

So she called a radon measurement and mitigation technician to find the source.

To improve matters, the first thing that is needed is better measurement of the impact of philanthropy.

The new measurement technique may also help address many longstanding puzzles in plate tectonics.

Furthermore, their color capabilities do not involve a measurement of each photon's precise frequency.

In some cases, a single measurement is enough to confirm that there is a size increase that needs to be tested further.

But it is entirely possible that improving measurement methods will some day give happiness the upper-hand in this balancing act.

The scientists calculated the rate of change of carbon dioxide concentrations at each of the measurement stations.

By using of these conditions, an accurate measurement will be obtained.

Total protein measurement may be increased during pregnancy.

The government's actions lie hidden beneath hundreds of tonnes of secrecy, and beyond easy measurement.

Nanotechnology gets its name from the nanometer, a unit of measurement that is one billionth of a meter.

Of what use is the science that does not allow a physics, ie, a science of measurement.

It frequently makes the osmolality measurement unnecessary.

But when industries change products annually, and workers' effort is hard to gauge, measurement is not so straightforward.

Satellite measurement of wave heights on the ocean's surface, for example, is remarkably accurate.

The determinants are complicated, and not always susceptible to measurement.

Draw a ring around the bottle at this measurement using the marker.

Measurement transforms issues that are otherwise abstract or obscure into something concrete or tangible.

One argument is that plantations grow uniformly, facilitating the measurement of their carbon.

Bob now knows whether he made a correct measurement.

Meteorologists express atmospheric pressure in a unit of measurement called an atmosphere.

As for the neutrinos, it is extremely likely that it was quite simply a measurement error.

As a result, improvement in higher education will come as the result of rigorous measurement of student progress and achievement.

Direct measurement is clearly impossible-a planet cannot.

Someone will make a measurement in a swamp somewhere and simply extrapolate that measurement.

The uncertainties in measurement are simply too huge.

Aside from being a technical triumph, the measurement may eventually help.

It is inappropriate to speak of a measurement instrument as inherently valid or invalid.

The second is the measurement of the weathering of marble and other gravestones, which requires a micrometer.

The moment-magnitude scale is not a pure instrument measurement.

The index is a measurement of weight divided by height, not height divided by weight.

So if the problem is raw quantification without measurement of quality, how is counting eyeballs going to solve.

The lattermost form of measurement has been infamous in giant squids due to tentacles being stretched.

In effect, dropping hydrophones in front of advancing hurricanes could create a low-cost hurricane measurement system.

He was not an ordinary pitcher, not by any measurement in any era.

Economists have for generations based their insights on the measurement tools they had.

Eastings are an east/west measurement that corresponds to longitude.

He also questions the single exposure level and lack of measurement of female hormone levels in the affected frogs.

Make a measurement on one member of an entangled pair, and the other changes immediately.

One day, it would be interesting to list the measurement errors that are not dwarfed by those in business accounting.

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement.

Since then refinements in measurement techniques have revealed the planet's relatively diminutive size.

Math is an issue as students get further removed from measurement in their own lives.

Compare that measurement to the depths of the shallowest parts of the ocean, such as the intertidal zone and the epipelagic zone.

After all, the unit of measurement itself tells you all you need to know: miles per gallon.

However, this may partly reflect differences in measurement.

He plugged this new measurement into a computer model his team created to figure out how dinosaurs moved.

Mercury and electrical currents are somehow involved in the measurement process.

Astrology does rest on precise astronomical measurement which is unique among the mantic arts.

Yet the visually guided action measurement was unaffected by fear.

The computer wants the measurement in millimeters, but all my measuring tapes are in inches and feet.

The end result should be a more accurate measurement of their learning.

But a measurement industry of sorts is springing up.

No amount of observation and measurement of a banana will allow us to recreate the banana.

The curie is the international unit of measurement for radioactivity.

It is amazing how often problems lessen when people see a measurement of it every day and become aware of their bad habits.

Biologists and ecologists have been trying to make that measurement ever since.

The whole concept of dark matter/energy is purely hypothetical and not based on a single measurement.

He thought it was a question of inaccurate measurement or other experimental error.

But immediately, the application of the measurement and its incentives changes the way the phenomenon is organised.

Every drink takes the care and precision of a surgeon, the measurement of a chemist and the speed of a short-order chef.

There is not a single verified measurement of a virtual particle.

In audio compression, the bitrate is a measurement of the amount of data that is sampled per second.

The problem is one of measurement scaling coupled with advising.

Measurement is difficult, and results often disagree.

Your carbon footprint is a measurement of the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the activities in your daily life.

So the correlation is to mind-wandering at a time prior to the happiness measurement.

Confusion attempts to effect an opponents perception and or measurement of size, speed or direction of travel.

Learn about the latest advances in weather measurement and forecasting technology.

The need to plan for sea level rise should include a measurement of actual sea level rise.

He stocks everything from fire-resistant clothing to filters, valves, and measurement tools needed in gas processing.

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measurement (ˈmɛʒəmənt)

—n
1.	the act or process of measuring
2.	an amount, extent, or size determined by measuring
3.	a system of measures based on a particular standard

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Word Origin & History

measurement

1751, from 'measaure + -ment. Related: Measurements.

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measurement

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A method of determining quantity, capacity, or dimension. Several systems of measurement exist, each one comprising units whose amounts have been arbitrarily set and agreed upon by specific groups. While the United States Customary System remains the most commonly used system of measurement in the United States, the International System is accepted all over the world as the standard system for use in science.

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