measuring

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/

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• (regional US) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ʒə.ɹɪŋ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmeʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: meas‧ur‧ing

Verb

measuring

1. present participle and gerund of measure

Noun

measuring (plural measurings)

1. Act of measurement.
   • 1899, Self Culture, volume 8, page 683:

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

Derived terms

• measuring chain

 

Translations

act of measurement

• Finnish: mittaus (fi)
• Portuguese: medição (pt) f, mensuração (pt) f, medida (pt) f, arqueação f
• Russian: измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije)
• Ukrainian: вимі́рювання (uk) n (vymírjuvannja)

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