mensurativeadj.
/ˈmɛnʃ(ə)rətɪv/, /ˈmɛns(ə)rətɪv/, /ˈmɛnsjᵿrətɪv/, U.S. /ˈmɛns(ə)rədɪv/, /ˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rədɪv/, /ˈmɛnsəˌreɪdɪv/, /ˈmɛn(t)ʃəˌreɪdɪv/ Capable of measuring; relating to or involving measurement; adapted for taking measurements.
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1645 J. Pell Let. 18 Feb. in J. Pell Corr. with C. Cavendish (2005) 407 In Diagraphicall mensurative speculation.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 80/1 Our Logical, Mensurative faculty.
1860 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) III. 151 Let the mensurative and deductive calculus work out its results.
1926 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 32 59 There are two distinct sorts [of knowledge], which may be called spatial and social. The first, based on sense perceptions, gives rise to exact or mensurative science.
1952 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 53 453 Mensurative processes are being applied to data formerly cognizable only in impressionistic terms.
1994 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 55 70 Even among those lacking in the mensurative and mathematical aptitude of Fresnel..there was a good deal of suspicion concerning the accuracy of Newton's experiments.
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