English > measurement: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. |
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| Example | "the measurements were carefully done" |
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| Synonyms | measuring, measure, mensuration |
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| Narrower | actinometry | Measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) |
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| algometry | Measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure |
| anemography | recording anemometrical measurements |
| anemometry | Measuring wind speed and direction |
| angulation | The precise measurement of angles |
| anthropometry | measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities |
| arterial blood gases | measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood |
| audiometry | Measuring sensitivity of hearing |
| bathymetry, plumbing | Measuring the depths of the oceans |
| calorimetry | measurement of quantities of heat / heat |
| cephalometry | measurement of human heads |
| densitometry | Measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission |
| dosimetry | Measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source |
| fetometry, foetometry | measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) |
| hydrometry, gravimetry | The measurement of specific gravity |
| hypsometry, hypsography | measurement of the elevation of land above sea level |
| mental measurement | A generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
| micrometry | Measuring with a micrometer |
| observation | The act of making and recording a measurement |
| pelvimetry | measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible) |
| photometry | measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity) |
| quantification | The act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something |
| quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
| radioactive dating | measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains / contains |
| reading, meter reading | The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments |
| sampling | measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) |
| scaling | Act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale |
| seismography | The measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes |
| sound ranging | Locating a source of sound (as an enemy / enemy gun / gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions |
| sounding | The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) |
| spirometry | The use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity |
| surveying | The practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map |
| telemetry | automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means |
| thermogravimetry | The measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances |
| thermometry | The measurement of temperature |
| tonometry | The measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea |
| viscometry, viscosimetry | The measurement of viscosity |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Spanish | mediciones, medición, medida, medidas |
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| Catalan | acotament, mesurament, mesura, mida, mides |
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| Verbs | measure | express as a number or measure or quantity |
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| measure | determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of |
