measurement
Roget category 466
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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Measurement
noun
measurement,
admeasurement†,
mensuration,
survey,
valuation,
appraisement,
assessment,
assize —
estimate,
estimation —
dead reckoning,
reckoning
etc.
(numeration)
85 —
gauging
etc.
v. —
horse power.
metrology,
weights and measures,
compound arithmetic.
measure,
yard measure,
standard,
rule,
foot rule,
compass,
calipers —
gage,
gauge —
meter,
line,
rod,
check —
dividers —
velo†.
flood mark,
high water mark —
Plimsoll line —
index
etc.
550.
scale —
graduation,
graduated scale —
nonius† —
vernier
etc.
(minuteness)
193.
[instruments for measuring]
bathometer,
galvanometer,
heliometer,
interferometer,
odometer,
ombrometer†,
pantometer†,
pluviometer†,
pneumatometer†,
pneumometer†,
radiometer,
refractometer,
respirometer,
rheometer,
spirometer†,
telemeter,
udometer†,
vacuometer†,
variometer†,
viameter†,
thermometer,
thermistor
(heat)
etc.
382,
barometer
(air)
etc.
338,
anemometer
(wind)
349,
dynamometer,
goniometer,
(angle)
244
meter —
landmark
etc.
(limit)
233 —
balance,
scale
etc.
(weight)
319 —
marigraph†,
pneumatograph†,
stethograph† —
rain gauge,
rain gage —
voltmeter
(volts),
ammeter
(amps);
spectrophotometer
(light absorbance);
mass spectrophotometer
(molecular mass);
geiger counter,
scintillation counter
(radioactivity);
pycnometer
(liquid density);
graduated cylinder,
volumetric flask
(volume);
radar gun
(velocity);
radar
(distance);
side-looking radar,
(shape, topography);
sonar
(depth in water);
light meter
(light intensity);
clock,
watch,
stopwatch,
chronometer
(time);
anemometer
(wind velocity);
densitometer
(color intensity).
measurability,
computability,
determinability†.
coordinates,
ordinate and abscissa,
polar coordinates,
latitude and longitude,
declination and right ascension,
altitude and azimuth.
geometry,
stereometry†,
hypsometry† —
metage† —
surveying,
land surveying —
geodesy,
geodetics†,
geodesia† —
orthometry†,
altimetry† —
cadastre [Fr.].
astrolabe,
armillary sphere†.
land surveyor —
geometer.
verb
measure,
mete —
determine,
assay —
evaluate,
value,
assess,
rate,
appraise,
estimate,
form an estimate,
set a value on —
appreciate —
standardize.
span,
pace step —
apply the compass
etc.
n. —
gauge,
plumb,
probe,
sound,
fathom —
heave the log,
heave the lead —
survey.
weigh.
take an average
etc.
29 —
graduate.
adjective
measuring
etc.
v. —
metric,
metrical —
measurable,
perceptible,
noticeable,
detectable,
appreciable,
ponderable,
determinable,
fathomable —
geodetical,
topographic,
topographical,
cartographic,
cartographical.
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