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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.

ppr.

mezh'uring. Computing or ascertaining length, dimensions, capacity or amount.

a. A measuring cast, a throw or cast that requires to be measured, or not to be distinguished from another but by measuring.

measuring

measuring ‎(plural measurings)

Act of measurement.
- 1899, Self Culture (volume 8, page 683)
  The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.