measurement

English

Etymology

From measure +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mənt/, [ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mn̩t]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/

Noun

measurement (plural measurements)

1. The act of measuring.

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:measurement

2. Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

Derived terms

• measurement error
• measurement goods
• measurement problem
• measurement ton
• quantum measurement problem
• unit of measurement

 

Translations

act of measuring

• Armenian: չափում (hy) (čʻapʻum)
• Belarusian: вымярэ́нне n (vymjarénnje)
• Bulgarian: ме́рене (bg) n (mérene), изме́рване (bg) n (izmérvane)
• Catalan: mesurament (ca) m
• Crimean Tatar: ölçev, ölçeme
• Czech: měření (cs) n
• Dutch: meting (nl) f
• Esperanto: mezurado
• Finnish: mittaus (fi), mittaaminen (fi), määrittely (fi), arviointi (fi)
• French: mesure (fr) f
• Georgian: გაზომვა (gazomva)
• German: Messung (de) f
• Greek: καταμέτρηση (el) f (katamétrisi), μέτρηση (el) f (métrisi), επιμέτρηση (el) f (epimétrisi)

  Ancient: μέτρησις f (métrēsis)

• Hebrew: מְדִידָה (he) f (medidá)
• Hungarian: mérés (hu), megmérés (hu)
• Italian: misurazione (it), misura (it)
• Japanese: 測定 (ja) (そくてい, sokutei)
• Kazakh: өлшем (ölşem)
• Korean: 측정(測定) (ko) (cheukjeong)
• Macedonian: мерење n (merenje)
• Malay: sukatan (ms)
• Maori: inenga
• Norwegian: måling (no)
• Polish: pomiar (pl) m
• Portuguese: medida (pt) f, medição (pt) f, mensuração (pt) f, medição (pt)
• Romanian: măsurare (ro) f, măsurătoare (ro)
• Russian: измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije), обме́р (ru) m (obmér)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
• Sinhalese: මැනීම (mænīma)
• Slovak: meranie n
• Spanish: medida (es) f, medición (es) f, medidas (es) f pl, mediciones (es) m pl
• Swahili: kipimo (sw)
• Swedish: mätning (sv) c
• Tagalog: sukat
• Turkish: ölçüm (tr)
• Ukrainian: вимі́рювання (uk) n (vymírjuvannja)

magnitude determined by measuring

• Armenian: չափ (hy) (čʻapʻ), չափում (hy) (čʻapʻum)
• Bulgarian: разме́р (bg) m (razmér)
• Catalan: mesura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尺寸 (zh) (chǐcùn)

• Dutch: meting (nl) f
• Esperanto: mezuro
• Finnish: mittaustulos, mitta (fi)
• French: mesure (fr) f
• Georgian: ზომა (zoma)
• German: Maß (de) n, Messwert (de) m, Maßangabe f, Messen(von etwas) (Vorgang) n
• Greek: διαστάσεις (el) f pl (diastáseis)

  Ancient: μέτρον n (métron)

• Hebrew: מדידה (he) (medida)
• Hungarian: méret (hu)
• Japanese: 測定値 (そくていち, sokuteichi)
• Khmer: រង្វាស់ (km) (rŭəngvŏəh)
• Maori: inenga
• Navajo: íʼneelʼąąh
• Polish: wielkość (pl) f
• Portuguese: medida (pt)
• Romanian: măsură (ro) f, mărime (ro) f
• Russian: разме́р (ru) m (razmér), ме́ра (ru) f (méra), ме́рка (ru) f (mérka), измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
• Sinhalese: මිම්ම (si) (mimma)
• Spanish: medida (es) f, medidas (es) f pl
• Swahili: kipimo (sw)
• Swedish: mått (sv) n, mätvärde (sv) n
• Tagalog: sukat
• Tocharian B: yarm

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} mensura, ^{(please verify)} mesura, ^{(please verify)} mensuration, ^{(please verify)} mesuration

See also

• A Dictionary of Units of Measurement