Measurement \Meas"ure*ment\, n.
   1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,
      measurement is required.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
      ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five
      acres.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	measurement
     n : the act or process of measuring; "the measurements were
         carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably
         accurate" [syn: measuring, measure, mensuration]

	

	94 Moby Thesaurus words for "measurement":
   accounting, acreage, amount, amplitude, analyzing, appraisal,
   appraisement, appraising, appreciation, area, ascertainment,
   assessing, assessment, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, calculation,
   caliber, capacity, census, computation, counting, coverage,
   dactylonomy, depth, determination, diameter, dimension, dimensions,
   enumeration, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluation,
   evaluative criticism, expanse, expansion, extension, extent,
   foliation, force, gauge, gauging, girth, greatness, height,
   inventorying, judgement, largeness, length, magnitude, mass,
   matter, measure, measuring, mensuration, mileage, numbering,
   numbers, numeration, opinion, pagination, period, proportion,
   proportions, quantification, quantity, quantization, quantum,
   radius, range, ranking, rating, reach, reckoning, scale, scope,
   size, spread, strength, substance, sum, tallying, telling, tonnage,
   valuation, valuing, view, volume, weighing, weight, whole, width

	

	measurement
     
         The act or process of measuring; a figure, extent,
        or amount obtained by measuring.
     
        (1996-12-27)