measurement

English

Etymology

measure +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American), IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mənt/, [ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mn̩t]
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/

Noun

measurement (plural measurements)

The act of measuring.
Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:measurement
Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
  Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

Derived terms

Translations

act of measuring

Armenian: չափում (hy) (čʻapʻum)
Belarusian: вымярэ́нне n (vymjarénnje)
Bulgarian: ме́рене (bg) n (mérene), изме́рване (bg) n (izmérvane)
Catalan: mesurament (ca) m
Crimean Tatar: ölçev, ölçeme
Czech: měření (cs) n
Dutch: meting (nl) f
Esperanto: mezurado
Finnish: mittaus (fi), mittaaminen (fi), määrittely (fi), arviointi (fi)
French: mesure (fr) f
Georgian: გაზომვა (gazomva)
German: Messung (de) f
Greek: καταμέτρηση (el) f (katamétrisi), μέτρηση (el) f (métrisi), επιμέτρηση (el) f (epimétrisi)
Ancient: μέτρησις f (métrēsis)
Hebrew: מְדִידָה (he) f (medidá)
Hungarian: mérés (hu), megmérés (hu)
Italian: misurazione (it), misura (it)
Japanese: 測定 (ja) (そくてい, sokutei)
Kazakh: өлшем (ölşem)
Korean: 측정(測定) (ko) (cheukjeong)
Macedonian: мерење n (merenje)
Malay: sukatan (ms)
Maori: inenga
Norwegian: måling (no)
Polish: pomiar (pl) m
Portuguese: medida (pt) f, medição (pt) f, mensuração (pt) f, medição (pt)
Romanian: măsurare (ro) f, măsurătoare (ro)
Russian: измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije), обме́р (ru) m (obmér)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Sinhalese: මැනීම (mænīma)
Slovak: meranie n
Spanish: medida (es) f, medición (es) f, medidas (es) f pl, mediciones (es) m pl
Swahili: kipimo (sw)
Swedish: mätning (sv) c
Tagalog: sukat
Turkish: ölçüm (tr)
Ukrainian: вимі́рювання (uk) n (vymírjuvannja)

magnitude determined by measuring

Armenian: չափ (hy) (čʻapʻ), չափում (hy) (čʻapʻum)
Bulgarian: разме́р (bg) m (razmér)
Catalan: mesura (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尺寸 (zh) (chǐcùn)
Dutch: meting (nl) f
Esperanto: mezuro
Finnish: mittaustulos, mitta (fi)
French: mesure (fr) f
Georgian: ზომა (zoma)
German: Maß (de) n, Messwert (de) m, Maßangabe f, Messen(von etwas) (Vorgang) n
Greek: διαστάσεις (el) f pl (diastáseis)
Ancient: μέτρον n (métron)
Hebrew: מדידה (he) (medida)
Hungarian: méret (hu)
Japanese: 測定値 (そくていち, sokuteichi)
Khmer: រង្វាស់ (km) (rŭəngvŏəh)
Maori: inenga
Navajo: íʼneelʼąąh
Polish: wielkość (pl) f
Portuguese: medida (pt)
Romanian: măsură (ro) f, mărime (ro) f
Russian: разме́р (ru) m (razmér), ме́ра (ru) f (méra), ме́рка (ru) f (mérka), измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Sinhalese: මිම්ම (si) (mimma)
Spanish: medida (es) f, medidas (es) f pl
Swahili: kipimo (sw)
Swedish: mått (sv) n, mätvärde (sv) n
Tagalog: sukat
Tocharian B: yarm

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} mensura, ^{(please verify)} mesura, ^{(please verify)} mensuration, ^{(please verify)} mesuration