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Webster 1913 Edition

Measurement

Meas′ure-ment

,

Noun.

1.

The act or result of measuring; mensuration;

as,

measurement

is required

.

2.

The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring;

as, its

measurement

is five acres

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Measurement

MEASUREMENT

,

Noun.

mezh'urment. The act of measuring; mensuration.

Definition 2024

measurement

measurement

English

Noun

measurement ‎(plural measurements)

The act of measuring.
Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
  Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

Translations

act of measuring

Armenian: չափում (hy) ‎(čʿapʿum)
Crimean Tatar: ölçev, ölçeme
Czech: měření (cs) n
Finnish: mittaus (fi)
French: mesure (fr) f
German: Messung (de) f
Greek: καταμέτρηση (el) f ‎(katamétrisi), μέτρηση (el) f ‎(métrisi)
Hebrew: מדידה (he) ‎(medida)
Hungarian: mérés (hu), megmérés
Italian: misurazione (it), misura (it)
Japanese: 測定 (ja) ‎(sokutei)
Macedonian: мерење n ‎(merenje)
Malay: sukatan
Maori: inenga

Norwegian: måling (no)
Polish: pomiar (pl) m
Portuguese: medida (pt) f, medição (pt) f, mensuração (pt) f, medição (pt)
Romanian: măsurare (ro) f, măsurătoare (ro)
Russian: измере́ние (ru) n ‎(izmerénije), обме́р (ru) m ‎(obmér)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Sinhalese: මැනීම ‎(mænīma)
Spanish: medida (es), medición (es) m, medidas (es) f pl, mediciones (es) m pl, medición (es)
Swahili: kipimo (sw)
Swedish: mätning (sv) c
Tagalog: sukat
Turkish: ölçüm (tr)
Ukrainian: вимірювання (uk) c ‎(vymirjuvannja)

magnitude determined by measuring

Armenian: չափ (hy) ‎(čʿapʿ), չափում (hy) ‎(čʿapʿum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尺寸 (zh) ‎(chǐcùn)
Finnish: mittaustulos
French: mesure (fr) f
German: Maß (de) n
Greek: διαστάσεις (el) f pl ‎(diastáseis)
Hebrew: מדידה (he) ‎(medida)
Hungarian: méret (hu)
Japanese: 測定値 ‎(sokutei-chi)
Khmer: រង្វាស់ (km) ‎(rʊəŋvoah)
Maori: inenga

Navajo: íʼneelʼąąh
Polish: wielkość (pl) f
Portuguese: medida (pt)
Romanian: măsură (ro) f, mărime (ro) f
Russian: разме́р (ru) m ‎(razmér), ме́ра (ru) f ‎(méra), ме́рка (ru) f ‎(mérka), измере́ние (ru) n ‎(izmerénije)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Sinhalese: මිම්ම (si) ‎(mimma)
Spanish: medida (es), medidas (es) f pl
Swahili: kipimo (sw)
Swedish: mått (sv) n
Tagalog: sukat

See also

A Dictionary of Units of Measurement