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Synonyms for measurement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mezh-er-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛʒ ər mənt

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Définition of measurement

Origin :
  • 1751, "act of measuring," from measure (v.) + -ment. Related: Measurements. Meaning "dimension obtained by measuring" is from 1756.
  • noun calculation
Example sentences :
  • They were not his sort; their standards for the measurement of things were unintelligible to him.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • They were matters of measurement, and not of opinion or fancy.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • I could now understand the measurement by which Irishmen were estimated in the London world.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • How––how about that ‘if’ you said this measurement would settle?
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • By its measurement every man stands for what he is and for what he does, not for what he was and what he did.
  • Extract from : « The Clock that Had no Hands » by Herbert Kaufman
  • This gallon is divided up in two ways; one by weight, and the other by measurement.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • Page 24: The measurement "0m .460" matches the original text.
  • Extract from : « Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg » by Anonymous
  • The most famous achievement of Eratosthenes was his measurement of the earth.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • If more than one copy has been examined this measurement is of the largest.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • In making this measurement the discharge occupied a fraction of a second.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

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