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mensuration

[ men-shuh-rey-shuhn, -suh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
the act or process of measuring.

mensuration

/ ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən; ˈmɛnʃərətɪv /

1565–75; < Late Latin mēnsūrātiōn- (stem of mēnsūrātiō ) a measuring. See measure, -ation

While thus engaged, he managed to attend an evening class occasionally, and made an attempt at learning Latin and mensuration.

As to mensuration, which is an actualization of measure, in respect of the measured object, it consists in a reason.

Still more important than Wordsworth, or the eminent authors, Burke and Hare, was the art and science of mensuration.

All these elements of mensuration within the crystal Hay thought could be indicated by rational coefficients.

They are discovered by mensuration, and they are the objects of mathematical inquiry.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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