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"the measurements were carefully done"nounthe act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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- sampling measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
- 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
- anthropometry measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities
- arterial blood gases measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases
- circular measure measurement of angles in radians
- pelvimetry measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
- photometry measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)
- cephalometry measurement of human heads
- hypsography measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
- fetometry measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)