Mensuration Definition

mĕnsə-rāshən, -shə-
noun
The act, process, or art of measuring.
Webster's New World
Measurement of geometric quantities.
American Heritage
The branch of mathematics dealing with the determination of length, area, or volume.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Mensuration

  • Late Latin mēnsūrātiō mēnsūrātiōn- from mēnsūrātus past participle of mēnsūrāre to measure from Latin mēnsūra measure measure

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mensuration Sentence Examples

  • This applies not only to the geometrical principles but also to the arithmetical principles, and it is therefore of importance, in the earlier stages, to keep geometry, mensuration and arithmetic in close association with one another; mensuration forming, in fact, the link between arithmetic and geometry.

  • All exact relations pertaining to the mensuration of the circle involve the ratio of the circumference to the diameter.

  • General aspects of the subject are considered under Mensuration; Vector Analysis; Infinitesimal Calculus.

  • This use of formulae for dealing with numbers, which express magnitudes in terms of units, constitutes the broad difference between mensuration and ordinary geometry, which knows nothing of units.

  • The science of graphics is closely related to that of mensuration.

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