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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mensuration \Men`su*ra"tion\, n. [L. mensuratio : cf. F.
     mensuration.]
     1. The act, process, or art, of measuring.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for
        finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the
        volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and
        angles.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mensuration \Men`su*ra"tion\, n. [L. mensuratio : cf. F.
     mensuration.]
     1. The act, process, or art, of measuring.
  
     2. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for
        finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the
        volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and
        angles.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  mensuration
       n : the act or process of measuring; "the measurements were
           carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably
           accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mensuration
     n.
     1 The act or process of measure; measurement.
     2 (lb en mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the
  derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes
  and different parameters of geometric figures.
     3 (lb en music) A 13th century system for governing rhythmic
  relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time
  signatures; The use of (w: mensural notation).
     4 (lb en forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest
  stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mensuration
     n.
     1 The act or process of measure; measurement.
     2 (lb en mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the
  derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes
  and different parameters of geometric figures.
     3 (lb en music) A 13th century system for governing rhythmic
  relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time
  signatures; The use of (w: mensural notation).
     4 (lb en forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest
  stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mensuration
     n.
     1 The act or process of measure; measurement.
     2 (lb en mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the
  derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes
  and different parameters of geometric figures.
     3 (lb en music) A 13th century system for governing rhythmic
  relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time
  signatures; The use of (w: mensural notation).
     4 (lb en forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest
  stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mensuration
     n.
     1 The act or process of measure; measurement.
     2 (lb en mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the
  derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes
  and different parameters of geometric figures.
     3 (lb en music) A 13th century system for governing rhythmic
  relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time
  signatures; The use of (w: mensural notation).
     4 (lb en forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest
  stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mensuration /mˌɛnʃʊəɹˈeɪʃən/
  قياس

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mensuration /mˌɛnʃʊəɹˈeɪʃən/ 
  měření

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mensuration /mˌɛnʃʊəɹˈeɪʃən/
  Messung , Vermessung 
   see: mensurations
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mensuration /mˌɛnʃʊəɹˈeɪʃən/
  1. ölçme mesaha
  2. hacim ve alan ile uzunluk belirlenmesinden bahseden matematik dalı.

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  mensuration /mɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 
  mittaus

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  mensuration /mɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 
  スリーサイズ
  Les trois tours d’une femme

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "mensuration":
     altimetry, appraisal, appraisement, approximation, assessment,
     assize, assizement, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry, cadastration,
     calculation, cartography, chorography, computation, correction,
     craniometry, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation,
     gauging, geodesy, geodetics, goniometry, hypsography, hypsometry,
     instrumentation, measure, measurement, measuring, metric system,
     metrology, oceanography, planimetry, psychometrics, psychometry,
     quantification, quantization, rating, stereometry, survey,
     surveying, telemetering, telemetry, topography, triangulation,
     valuation
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 测定,测量,测定法;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 测定,测量,测定法

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