Meanings
nounmeasurement (plural measurements)
plural measurements
- The act of measuring.
Synonyms: mensuration
- Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
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.
2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of measuring.
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nounthe act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Proto-Italic*mētis
- Latinmētior
- Latinmēnsūra
- Old Frenchmesure
- Middle Englishmesure
- Englishmeasure
- Englishmeasurement
Translations
Ancient Greek μέτρησις, μέτρον
- μέτρησις (métrēsis)act of measuring
- μέτρον (métron)magnitude determined by measuring
Bulgarian ме́рене, изме́рване
- ме́рене (mérene)act of measuring
- изме́рване (izmérvane)act of measuring
- разме́р (razmér)magnitude determined by measuring
Catalan mesurament, mesura
- mesuramentact of measuring
- mesuramagnitude determined by measuring
Chinese Mandarin 尺寸
- 尺寸 (chǐcùn)magnitude determined by measuring
Czech měření
- měřeníact of measuring
Dutch meting, meting
- metingact of measuring
- metingmagnitude determined by measuring
Esperanto mezurado, mezuro
- mezuradoact of measuring
- mezuromagnitude determined by measuring
Finnish mittaus, mittaaminen
- mittausact of measuring
- mittaaminenact of measuring
- määrittelyact of measuring
- arviointiact of measuring
- mittaustulosmagnitude determined by measuring
- mittamagnitude determined by measuring
French mesure, mesure
- mesureact of measuring
- mesuremagnitude determined by measuring
German Messung, Maß
- Messungact of measuring
- Maßmagnitude determined by measuring
- Messwertmagnitude determined by measuring
- Maßangabemagnitude determined by measuring
- Messen(von etwas) (Vorgang)magnitude determined by measuring
- Aufmaßmagnitude determined by measuring
- Abmaßmagnitude determined by measuring
Greek καταμέτρηση, μέτρηση
- καταμέτρηση (katamétrisi)act of measuring
- μέτρηση (métrisi)act of measuring
- επιμέτρηση (epimétrisi)act of measuring
- διαστάσεις (diastáseis)magnitude determined by measuring
Hebrew מְדִידָה, מדידה
- מְדִידָה (medidá)act of measuring
- מדידה (medida)magnitude determined by measuring
Hindi माप, नाप
- माप (māp)act of measuring
- नाप (nāp)act of measuring
- मापन (māpan)act of measuring
- नापजोख (nāpjokh)act of measuring
- नापतौल (nāptaul)act of measuring
- नपाई (napāī)act of measuring
- माप (māp)magnitude determined by measuring
- नाप (nāp)magnitude determined by measuring
- मापन (māpan)magnitude determined by measuring
Hungarian mérés, megmérés
- mérésact of measuring
- megmérésact of measuring
- méretmagnitude determined by measuring
Italian misurazione, misura
- misurazioneact of measuring
- misuraact of measuring
Japanese 測定, 測定値
- 測定 (sokutei)act of measuring
- 測定値 (sokuteichi)magnitude determined by measuring
Korean 측정, 측정치
- 측정 (cheukjeong)act of measuring
- 측정치 (cheukjeongchi)magnitude determined by measuring
Malay sukatan
- sukatanact of measuring
Māori inenga, inenga
- inengaact of measuring
- inengamagnitude determined by measuring
Norwegian måling
- målingact of measuring
Polish pomiar, wielkość
- pomiaract of measuring
- wielkośćmagnitude determined by measuring
Portuguese medida, medição
- medidaact of measuring
- mediçãoact of measuring
- mensuraçãoact of measuring
- mediçãoact of measuring
- medidamagnitude determined by measuring
Romanian măsurare, măsurătoare
- măsurareact of measuring
- măsurătoareact of measuring
- măsurămagnitude determined by measuring
- mărimemagnitude determined by measuring
Russian измере́ние, обме́р
- измере́ние (izmerénije)act of measuring
- обме́р (obmér)act of measuring
- разме́р (razmér)magnitude determined by measuring
- ме́ра (méra)magnitude determined by measuring
- ме́рка (mérka)magnitude determined by measuring
- измере́ние (izmerénije)magnitude determined by measuring
Scottish Gaelic tomhas, tomhas
- tomhasact of measuring
- tomhasmagnitude determined by measuring
Slovak meranie
- meranieact of measuring
Spanish medida, medición
- medidaact of measuring
- mediciónact of measuring
- medidasact of measuring
- medicionesact of measuring
- medidamagnitude determined by measuring
- medidasmagnitude determined by measuring
Swahili kipimo, kipimo
- kipimoact of measuring
- kipimomagnitude determined by measuring
Swedish mätning, mått
- mätningact of measuring
- måttmagnitude determined by measuring
- mätvärdemagnitude determined by measuring
Tagalog sukat, sukat
- sukatact of measuring
- sukatmagnitude determined by measuring
Turkish ölçüm
- ölçümact of measuring
Ukrainian вимі́рювання, ро́змір
- вимі́рювання (vymírjuvannja)act of measuring
- ро́змір (rózmir)magnitude determined by measuring
- мі́ра (míra)magnitude determined by measuring
- мі́рка (mírka)magnitude determined by measuring
- вимі́рювання (vymírjuvannja)magnitude determined by measuring
Urdu ناپ, اَنْدازَہ
- ناپ (nāp)act of measuring
- اَنْدازَہ (andāza)magnitude determined by measuring
Cite this entry
APA
measurement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measurement
MLA
“measurement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measurement. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “measurement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measurement.
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