measuring

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measuring

  • /ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ US, UK
  • /ˈmeɪ.ʒə.ɹɪŋ/ US, regional
  • /ˈmeʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ Australia

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of measure

noun measurings

  1. Act of measurement. The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: measurement, mensuration, gauging, metering, benchmark, calibration, quantitation, quantification, counting, long, determine, weighing, calculating, metrology, magnitude, position

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noun act of measurement

हिन्दीमापन māpan, माप māp, नाप nāp, नपाई napāī
Portuguêsmedição, mensuração, medida, arqueação
Русскийизмере́ние izmerénije

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@misc{measuring_2026,
  title = {measuring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/measuring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}