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Measurement

MEH-zhur-muhnt

/ˈmɛʒɜːrmʌnt/

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measurement

Dictionary meaning

The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.

Examples

  • The measurements were carefully done.

Synonyms: measure

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