n. The branch of mathematics that deals with measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas , volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act, process, or art, of measuring.
n. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act, art, or process of measuring; specifically, the act or art of determining length, area, volume, content, etc., by measurement and computation: as, the rules of mensuration; the mensuration of surfaces and solids.
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n. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Word Usage
"'The very term mensuration sounds ENGINEER-LIKE,' I find him writing; and in truth what the engineer most properly deals with is that which can be measured, weighed, and numbered."