the act or process of measuring an amount, extent, or size determined by measuring a system of measures based on a particular standard
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
meas•ure•ment /ˈmɛʒɚmənt/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- [uncountable] the act of measuring.
- Weights and Measures the number representing the extent, size, etc., determined by measuring:[countable]The measurements of the house are 100 feet by 200 feet.
- Weights and Measures a system of measuring:[uncountable]liquid measurement.
- the size of parts of the body, esp. of the chest, waist, and hips:[plural]Her measurements were 36-24-34.
meas•ure•ment
(mezh′ər mənt),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of measuring.
- Weights and Measuresa measured dimension.
- Weights and Measuresextent, size, etc., ascertained by measuring.
- Weights and Measuresa system of measuring or measures:liquid measurement.
- measure + -ment 1745–55
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- absolute
- accuracy
- aerograph
- allometry
- amperometric
- analog
- angulation
- anisometric
- anthropometry
- astrometry
- astrophotometry
- ballistic
- base
- base unit
- bathymetry
- binary system
- boiler horsepower
- bovate
- breadth
- caliber
- calorimetry
- carucate
- central tendency
- chain measure
- chaldron
- chronometer
- chronometry
- cicero
- circle
- circular measure
- class interval
- coefficient of variation
- color
- column inch
- control experiment
- conversion
- convert
- craniometry
- cubic
- cubic measure
- decimal system
- degree