Hypertext Webster Gateway: "measurement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Measurement \Meas"ure*ment\, n.
1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,
measurement is required.
2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five
acres.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
measurement
n : the act or process of measuring; "the measurements were
carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably
accurate" [syn: {measuring}, {measure}, {mensuration}]
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