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measurement|ˈmɛʒ(j)ʊəmənt|
[f. measure v. + -ment. Cf. OF. mesurement.]
1. The action or an act of measuring; mensuration.
1751C. Labelye Westm. Br. 88, I was exempted..from having any Concern with Measurements. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xi. I. 304 The extent of the new walls..is reduced by accurate measurement to about twenty-one miles. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 196/2 A greater uniformity has prevailed in the measurement of angular magnitude than of any other whatsoever. 1866Crump Banking viii. 160 A commodity employed for the measurement of the value in exchange of all other articles.
2. A dimension ascertained by measuring; size or extent measured by a standard.
1756Burke Subl. & B. iii. iv, It seems amazing to me, that artists..have not by them at all times accurate measurements of all sorts of beautiful animals to help them to proper proportions. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 21 Iron vessels, within the measurement allowed by law. 1880Haughton Phys. Geog. ii. 30 This measurement is very important, as shewing the deep soundings which occur close to the western coasts of both Americas.
3. A system of measuring or of measures.
1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci. etc. III. 808/1 The new measurement is universally adopted for vessels registered under the Board of Trade;..but pleasure yachts still..cling to the O.M. or old measurement. 1872[see lineal a. 1 b].
4. attrib.: measurement goods, goods upon which the freight is charged by measurement instead of by weight; so measurement cargo.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade. 1896Daily News 9 Nov. 7/6 The measurement cargo which the vessel will carry is 18,000 tons, while her dead-weight cargo is down at 11,500 tons. |