Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of measure
nounmeasuring (plural measurings)
plural measurings
- Act of measurement.
The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.
1899, Self Culture, volume 8, page 683
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Broader
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Translations
Finnish mittaus
- mittausact of measurement
Hindi मापन, माप
- मापन (māpan)act of measurement
- माप (māp)act of measurement
- नाप (nāp)act of measurement
- नपाई (napāī)act of measurement
Hungarian mérés
- mérésact of measurement
Polish mierzenie
- mierzenieact of measurement
Portuguese medição, mensuração
- mediçãoact of measurement
- mensuraçãoact of measurement
- medidaact of measurement
- arqueaçãoact of measurement
Russian измере́ние
- измере́ние (izmerénije)act of measurement
Ukrainian вимі́рювання
- вимі́рювання (vymírjuvannja)act of measurement
Cite this entry
APA
measuring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measuring
MLA
“measuring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measuring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “measuring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measuring.
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