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Synonyms for mensuration

Grammar : Noun
Spell : men-shuh-rey-shuh n, -suh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛn ʃəˈreɪ ʃən, -sə-

Définition of mensuration

Origin :
  • "act of measuring," 1570s, from Middle French mensuration and directly from Late Latin mensurationem (nominative mensuratio) "a measuring," noun of action from past participle stem of mensurare "to measure" (see measure (v.)).
  • noun survey
Example sentences :
  • The pure part consists of arithmetic, mensuration, and weighing.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • Thus we have two arts of arithmetic, and two of mensuration.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • And the exacter part of all of them is really arithmetic and mensuration.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • Take another example of inversion, this time in the field of mensuration.
  • Extract from : « Inventors at Work » by George Iles
  • The theorem in Prop. 23 is the foundation of all mensuration of areas.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 » by Various
  • These two propositions are fundamental in the mensuration of the prism.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • In the matter of the mensuration of the circle the annexed design has some interest.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • The applications of this problem to mensuration are numerous.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • Mensuration smacked too much of the exchange, and before the time of Archimedes is practically wholly absent.
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • The chapter on Mensuration is suited to the ability of beginners.
  • Extract from : « The King of the Golden River or the Black Brothers » by John Ruskin

Antonyms for mensuration

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