mensuration

noun

Definition of mensurationnext
as in measurement

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  1. measurement
  2. calculation
  3. computation
  4. evaluation
Noun
  • Urinary fluoride measurements vary significantly over the course of a day and from one day to the next, so there’s no way to know whether any particular sample is indicative of a person’s long-term exposure.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Thinner Than Ever This measurement is roughly in line with other claims that suggest the iPhone 17 Air will be 25% thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro, for instance.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of measurement
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  • The United States’ ranking is held down by its lack of reciprocity, according to how Henley & Partners makes its calculations.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Crutchfield, a former math teacher who never played college basketball and coached tennis before getting his big D-II break at West Liberty University, sees the game like a math problem and has created his own calculations.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of calculation
Noun
  • Researchers are exploring techniques like sparsity and quantization, which reduce the computations needed without sacrificing accuracy.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Google said last month its new quantum computing chip, code named Willow, did computations in five minutes that would take today's supercomputers 10 septillion years.
    Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of computation
Noun
  • One resident of the house suffered smoke inhalation but decided not to seek further evaluation.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Plus, the first quarter of the New Year is a critical time when performance evaluations are conducted, bonuses are awarded and promotions are decided.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of evaluation
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