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Definition of Measuring
1. Noun. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. "His mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
Generic synonyms: Activity
Specialized synonyms: Seismography, Quantitative Analysis, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Actinometry, Algometry, Anemography, Anemometry, Angulation, Anthropometry, Arterial Blood Gases, Audiometry, Bathymetry, Plumbing, Calorimetry, Cephalometry, Densitometry, Dosimetry, Fetometry, Foetometry, Gravimetry, Hydrometry, Hypsography, Hypsometry, Mental Measurement, Micrometry, Observation, Pelvimetry, Photometry, Quantification, Radioactive Dating, Meter Reading, Reading, Sampling, Sounding, Sound Ranging, Scaling, Spirometry, Surveying, Telemetry, Thermometry, Thermogravimetry, Tonometry, Viscometry, Viscosimetry
Derivative terms: Measure, Measure, Measure, Measure, Measure, Measure, Measure, Mensurate
Definition of Measuring
1. a. Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.
Definition of Measuring
1. Verb. (present participle of measure) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Measuring
1. measure [v] - See also: measure
Medical Definition of Measuring
1.
Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Measuring
Literary usage of Measuring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"METHODS OF Measuring STREAM FLOW. — There are three distinct methods of ...
The slope method of measuring stream flow requires a straight stretch of river ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1850)
"OF WEIGHING, Measuring, AND GAUGING MERCHANDISE. ... 1849, prevails at different
ports, so for as relates to weighing, measuring, and gauging, reference is ..."
3. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"Measuring THE ABILITY OF CHILDREN IN GEOGRAPHY BY EE LACKEY State Normal School,
... For this purpose an objective measuring stick is needed whereby the ..."
4. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"Messgeräte, n.pl. measuring apparatus. Messing, n. brass. Messingblech, n.
sheet brass, ... Messmittel, n. means of measuring, measuring instrument. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Almost every occupation has its particular units, its methods of making measurements
and its special measuring instruments, A few of the thousands of the ..."
6. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1897)
"P. JANET—On a Method of Measuring the Temperature of Incandescent Lamps. ...
Siemens & Hal-ke Measuring Instruments.—Ibid., p. 70 (I.). ANON. ..."
7. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"The photograph shows a steel folding rule for measuring casing, ... When measuring
casing the rule is put inside the joint, pin end forward and pushed ..."
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