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Definitions of measurement
  1. noun
    the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
    "the measurements were carefully done"
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  • sampling measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
  • anthropometry measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities
  • fetometry measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)
  • foetometry measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)
  • circular measure measurement of angles in radians
  • cephalometry measurement of human heads
  • calorimetry measurement of quantities of heat
  • radioactive dating measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object
  • pelvimetry measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
  • hypsography measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
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