Measurement \Meas"ure*ment\, n.
   1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,
      measurement is required.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
      ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five
      acres.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	measurement
    n 1: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena
         according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully
         done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
         [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration]

	

	94 Moby Thesaurus words for "measurement":
   accounting, acreage, amount, amplitude, analyzing, appraisal,
   appraisement, appraising, appreciation, area, ascertainment,
   assessing, assessment, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, calculation,
   caliber, capacity, census, computation, counting, coverage,
   dactylonomy, depth, determination, diameter, dimension, dimensions,
   enumeration, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluation,
   evaluative criticism, expanse, expansion, extension, extent,
   foliation, force, gauge, gauging, girth, greatness, height,
   inventorying, judgement, largeness, length, magnitude, mass,
   matter, measure, measuring, mensuration, mileage, numbering,
   numbers, numeration, opinion, pagination, period, proportion,
   proportions, quantification, quantity, quantization, quantum,
   radius, range, ranking, rating, reach, reckoning, scale, scope,
   size, spread, strength, substance, sum, tallying, telling, tonnage,
   valuation, valuing, view, volume, weighing, weight, whole, width

	

	measurement

    The act or process of measuring; a figure, extent,
   or amount obtained by measuring.

   (1996-12-27)