Mensuration

Word MENSURATION
Character 11
Hyphenation men su ra tion
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Definitions and meanings of "Mensuration"

What do we mean by mensuration?

The act, process, or art of measuring. noun

Measurement of geometric quantities. noun

The act, art, or process of measuring; specifically, the act or art of determining length, area, volume, content, etc., by measurement and computation: as, the rules of mensuration; the mensuration of surfaces and solids. noun

The act, process, or art, of measuring. noun

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. noun

The branch of mathematics that deals with measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas , volumes and different parameters of geometric figures. noun

The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule noun

The act or process of measuring; measurement.

The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.

A 13th century system for governing rhythmic relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time signatures; The use of mensural notation.

The use of quantitative measurements of forest stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

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The word "mensuration" in example sentences

'The very term mensuration sounds ENGINEER-LIKE,' I find him writing; and in truth what the engineer most properly deals with is that which can be measured, weighed, and numbered. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

But there is also a higher arithmetic, and a higher mensuration, which is exclusively theoretical; and a dialectical science, which is higher still and the truest and purest knowledge. ❋ Unknown (2006)

SOCRATES: And when we compare the art of mensuration which is used in building with philosophical geometry, or the art of computation which is used in trading with exact calculation, shall we say of either of the pairs that it is one or two? ❋ Unknown (2006)

And when we compare the art of mensuration which is used in building with philosophical geometry, or the art of computation which is used in trading with exact calculation, shall we say of either of the pairs that it is one or two? ❋ Plato (1972)

This kind of mensuration reminds one of the disputes between French critics as to whether the unity of time meant thirty hours, or twenty-four, or twelve, or the actual time that it took to act the play; or of the geometric method of the "Saturday papers" in the _Spectator_. ❋ Unknown (1886)

The subjects of instruction have all been retained in the Curriculum of the London School Board, except, perhaps, "mensuration" and "social economy." ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

In those hundred and four hours a year -- hours which came after a tiring day's work -- his brain was fed upon "mensuration" and "the science of horticulture," the former on the chance that some day he might want to measure a wall for paper-hanging or do some other job of the sort, and the latter in case fate should have marked him out for a nursery-gardener, when it would be handy to know that germinating seeds begin by pushing down a root and pushing up a leaf or two. ❋ George Sturt (1895)

All such attempts have either found no difference overall, or have foundered on criticisms of their methodology, mensuration, or validity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Biometrics and forest mensuration are concerned with sampling and measuring properties such as stem form and biomass, site index, stand wood yield, etc. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But surely beauty is no idea belonging to mensuration; nor has it anything to do with calculation and geometry. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They are discovered by mensuration, and they are the objects of mathematical inquiry. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And the exacter part of all of them is really arithmetic and mensuration. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But arithmetic and mensuration again may be subdivided with reference either to their use in the concrete, or to their nature in the abstract — as they are regarded popularly in building and binding, or theoretically by philosophers. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The pure part consists of arithmetic, mensuration, and weighing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Thus we have two arts of arithmetic, and two of mensuration. ❋ Unknown (2006)

SOCRATES: I mean to say, that if arithmetic, mensuration, and weighing be taken away from any art, that which remains will not be much. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What could she do but come close — so close that a minute arc of her skirt touched his foot — and asked him how he was getting on with his sketches, and set herself to learn the principles of practical mensuration as applied to irregular buildings? ❋ Unknown (2006)

His boyhood seemed the most accessible at first, he recalled school books and certain lessons in mensuration. ❋ Unknown (2006)

PROTARCHUS: Certainly; and let us say in reply, that those arts into which arithmetic and mensuration enter, far surpass all others; and that of these the arts or sciences which are animated by the pure philosophic impulse are infinitely superior in accuracy and truth. ❋ Unknown (2006)

SOCRATES: That there are two arts of arithmetic, and two of mensuration; and also several other arts which in like manner have this double nature, and yet only one name. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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