mensuration
- noun
- /ˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
mensuración
- Students learn about mensuration in geometry class when they study how to calculate the area and volume of different shapes.
- process of mensuration
Examples
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Mensuration software analyzes the 2-D video data provided by the residuum surface scanner by searching along the rows of pixels (scan lines) in the camera, one row at a time, to find profiles.
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The labeled 2-D points produced by mensuration are processed by a "2-D to 3-D" algorithm to produce a set of 3-D contours.
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The four 2-D camera views are created by mensuration, one from each camera.
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Beginning in 1988, the acquisition of sufficient mensuration equipment allowed measurements for almost every tow.
Academic text (1994) -
Gear performance was compared using data from the SCANMAR mensuration system and the bottom contact and door sensors.
Academic text (1998) -
The complete details of the complex pattern coding and mensuration processing are available (2, 3).
Academic text (1996) -
This is a simplified description of pattern coding and mensuration processing.
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The process of mensuration and 2-D to 3-D mapping continues for all camera/projector pairs, forming multiple 3-D surface patches.
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Based on depth readings from the trawl mensuration equipment, trawl settling time was considered insignificant at depths encountered on the EBS shelf.
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Faces of the cube, illuminated either by the multiple projector profiles or external lighting, are processed by the mensuration program to create high-quality images of the cube faces.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
183
1.9
Finding how big, how much, or how strong something is by using numbers
80
2.4
Finding a value for something by using tools or calculation
20
2.2
Finding the size or amount of something using a tool
To measure how much of something there is
How Precise
2
4.1
- Specialized
183
1.9
22
4.4
15
3.4
768
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
mensuration = mensurate (semi-transparent) = mensur + ation
Formed by the regular nominalization of 'mensurate' with '-ation', but 'mensurate'/'mensur-' are rare and orthographically different from the common word 'measure', making the connection less obvious to learners.
Etymology
Mensuration comes from the Latin root mensura, which means 'measure' and is the same idea behind the English word measure. So mensuration is simply the act or science of 'measuring' sizes like length, area, or volume, especially in geometry.