measurement

Noun
  1. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule (synset 100998911)
    "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
    • seismography - the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes
    • quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis - chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
    • actinometry - measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
    • algometry - measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure
    • anemography - recording anemometrical measurements
    • anemometry - measuring wind speed and direction
    • angulation - the precise measurement of angles
    • anthropometry - measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities
    • arterial blood gases - measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases
    • audiometry - measuring sensitivity of hearing
    • bathymetry, plumbing - measuring the depths of the oceans
    • calorimetry - measurement of quantities of heat
    • cephalometry - measurement of human heads
    • densitometry - measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission
    • dosimetry - measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source
    • fetometry, foetometry - measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)
    • gravimetry, hydrometry - the measurement of specific gravity
    • hypsography, hypsometry - measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
    • mental measurement - a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions
    • micrometry - measuring with a micrometer
    • observation - the act of making and recording a measurement
    • pelvimetry - measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
    • photometry - measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)
    • quantification - the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
    • radioactive dating - measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object
    • meter reading, reading - the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
    • sampling - measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
    • sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
    • sound ranging - locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions
    • scaling - act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
    • spirometry - the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity
    • surveying - the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
    • telemetry - automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means
    • thermometry - the measurement of temperature
    • thermogravimetry - the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances
    • tonometry - the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea
    • viscometry, viscosimetry - the measurement of viscosity
    same as: measure, measuring, mensuration

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