English-Thai Dictionary

mensuration

N การ วัด  survey measure kan-wad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MENSURATION

n.The act, process or art of measuring, or taking the dimensions of any thing. 1. Measure; the result of measuring.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MENSURATION

Men `su *ra "tion, n. Etym: [L. mensuratio: cf. F. mensuration. ]

 

1. The act, process, or art, of measuring.

 

2. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mensuration

men su ra tion |ˌmenCHəˈrāSHən, ˌmensə -ˌmɛn (t )ʃəˈreɪʃən | ▶noun measuring. • Mathematics the measuring of geometric magnitudes, lengths, areas, and volumes. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting measurement in general ): from late Latin mensuratio (n- ), from mensurare ‘to measure. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mensuration

men ¦sur |ation |mɛnʃəˈreɪʃ (ə )n, -sjə -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] measurement. • the part of geometry concerned with ascertaining lengths, areas, and volumes. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting measurement in general ): from late Latin mensuratio (n- ), from mensurare ‘to measure ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mensuration

mensuration noun for many artisans mensuration was a more necessary skill than writing: measurement, measuring, calculation, computation, estimating, quantification, quantifying, weighing, sizing; evaluation, assessment, appraisal, gauging.

 

French Dictionary

mensuration

mensuration n. f. nom féminin 1 Mesure des dimensions caractéristiques d ’une personne (poitrine, taille, etc. ). : Le tailleur prend les mensurations précises de son client. 2 Ces dimensions. : Quelles sont vos mensurations?

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mensuration

men su ra tion /mènʃəréɪʃ (ə )n, -s (j )ə- /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠測定, 測量 ; 〘数 〙測定法, 求積法 .