Synonyms for admeasurement


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


Définition of admeasurement

  • noun distribution
Example sentences :
  • This admeasurement raised my merriment to its acme, and I laughed aloud.
  • Extract from : « Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 » by Various
  • We are thus particular in her admeasurement, because it materially influenced the decision on her complaint.
  • Extract from : « Mornings at Bow Street » by John Wight
  • Also, the admeasurement of a ship, and thence to ascertain her cubical contents converted into tons.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Their vastness seems to defy our admeasurement, and their complexity and difficulty may defeat our feeble efforts at solution.
  • Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
  • This so-called Statute of Admeasurement has not been traced to any authoritative source.
  • Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
  • I determined, therefore, to suspend my belief till I could take the admeasurement of each vessel.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the » by Thomas Clarkson
  • The vessel, then, in the plate is the vessel now mentioned, and the following is her admeasurement as given in by Captain Parrey.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the » by Thomas Clarkson
  • He was one of those who made the journey to the north in 1785, for the admeasurement of the globe.
  • Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
  • Of the former there can be no admeasurement, excepting by its effect, which is recollection: its duration can be well ascertained.
  • Extract from : « Sound Mind » by John Haslam

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