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mensuration

[ men-shuh-rey-shuhn, -suh- ]

noun

  1. the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
  2. the act or process of measuring.


mensuration

/ ˈmɛnʃərətɪv; ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the study of the measurement of geometric magnitudes such as length
  2. the act or process of measuring; measurement
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Derived Forms

  • mensurative, adjective
  • ËŒ³¾±ð²Ô²õ³Üˈ°ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð²Ôî€È´³Ü·°ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mensuration1

1565–75; < Late Latin ³¾Å§²Ô²õÅ«°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ³¾Å§²Ô²õÅ«°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å ) a measuring. See measure, -ation
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Body temperature changes through the menstrual cycle, rising just before ovulation and falling as mensuration begins.

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Some women embrace it as a time to slow down from daily duties and celebrate womanhood and mensuration, and it is this idea that the Red Tent community draws from.

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Here Ockeghem, seemingly writing for three confident singers with wide vocal ranges, keeps the texture uniform and varies the mensuration, or rhythmic organization, almost not at all.

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From the one, these Ionians probably gained knowledge of certain periodic movements of some of the heavenly bodies; and from the other, a few rules of mensuration, perchance a little crude science.

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It is merely a question of simple mensuration, and no problem of “high mathematics†is involved.

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