measurement

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mənt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

Etymology

From measure + -ment.

In classic literature

Synonyms

measuring, measure, mensuration

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
activity
Narrower (hyponyms)
scaling, observation, angulation, hydrometry, spirometry, reading

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