Definition of measurement

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Measurement (n.) The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required..

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Coulomb :: Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber..
Twelfth-second :: Twelfth-second (n.) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second..
Make :: Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day..
Ton :: Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden..
Pantometry :: Pantometry (n.) Universal measurement.
Metric :: Metric (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement..
Unit :: Unit (n.) Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind..
Tenthmetre :: Tenthmetre (n.) A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter..
Photometry :: Photometry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.
Odometry :: Odometry (n.) Measurement of distances by the odometer.
Over :: Over (prep.) Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes..
Odometrical :: Odometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it..
Countergage :: Countergage (n.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made..
Metage :: Metage (v.) Measurement, especially of coal..
Rheometry :: Rheometry (n.) The measurement of the force or intensity of currents.
Mismeasurement :: Mismeasurement (n.) Wrong measurement.
Time :: Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof..
Seismometric :: Seismometric (a.) Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements..
Cardiometry :: Cardiometry (n.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation..
Admensuration :: Admensuration (n.) Same as Admeasurement.
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