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noun

Measurement n.

The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.

The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Measurement" Quotes from Famous Books

... narrow, so that the whole head, when viewed from above and in front, has the appearance of equal breadth throughout. LENGTH OF HEAD—The entire length of head varies with the height of the dog, 13 ins. from the tip of the nose to the back of the occiput is a good measurement for a dog of 32 ins. at the shoulder. The length from the end of the nose to the point between the eyes should be about equal, or preferably of greater length than from this point to the back of the occiput. SKULL—The skull should be flat rather than domed, and ...

— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton

... Capt. E. M. Oakes began to carry lobsters from Cundy's Harbor and Horse Island Harbor, Harpswell, to Mr. Eben Weeks, at East Boston. He was then running a well-smack, named the Swampscott, of 41 tons, old measurement. The season extended from the 1st of March until about the 4th of July, after which time the lobsters were supposed to be unfit for eating; the black lobsters, or shedders, were even considered poisonous. During this season of four months Captain Oakes made ten trips, carrying in all 35,000, by count. ...

— The Lobster Fishery of Maine - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 • John N. Cobb

... Octavian, and if there is a standard measurement in truths Octavian's statement was assuredly ...

— The Toys of Peace • Saki

... have to wait in the side scenes. But over there the stage is larger. There will be room for all at once. The idea of an individual, all whose personalities are contemporaneous, may there be realized, and such an individual would be, by any earthly measurement, a god. ...

— Miss Ludington's Sister • Edward Bellamy

... stumps near the Breen-Graves cabin, cut for fuel while the snow was deepest, was found by actual measurement to be twenty-two feet in height. It ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

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