Frequency, speed, time
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measurement | American Dictionary

measurement
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈmeʒ·ər·mənt/
the act of measuring:
[ U ]The test is based on the measurement of blood sugar.
A measurement is the length, height, width, etc., of something, which you discover by measuring it:
[ C ]The measurements of several of the drawings were identical.

measurement | Business English

measurement
noun
uk /ˈmeʒəmənt/us
[ C or U ]
the act of measuring something:
The measurement of performance, or effectiveness, is a constant concern in management research.
accurate/precise/proper/detailed measurementIt is these specific characteristics that require detailed measurement.
Doing more measurements is the common strategy to improve reliability.
 measurements[ plural ]
the size, shape, quality, etc. of something, which you discover by measuring it:
The measurements of the bike, when folded, are 68cm x 52cm x 26cm.
Although exact measurements are not available, piracy is said to be a "very big problem".

Examples of measurement

measurement
The maximum diameter was found by rotating the humerus while taking measurements at midshaft.
The size classes are statistically separable by both their width and height measurements.
Preheating study by reflectivity measurements in laser-driven shocks.
The mass velocities were determined in the measurements of fly velocities of the condensed material from the backside of a target under unloading figure 5a!.
To per form these measurements a special spectrometer used to register the line emission in the range 3- 4!
A full set of gas and ash measurements was obtained for 16 of these burns.
Reliability for total brain, right frontal and left frontal volume measurements was assessed by repeating measurements three times on five randomly selected scans.
Subjects removed shoes but remained clothed during height and weight measurements ; as all subjects were assessed in the summer and early fall, clothing was light.
The genes related to these elements need to be elucidated, by molecular genetic studies, which include good measurements of these social and behavioural aspects.
Accounting for the experimental spatial shape clearly gives better agreement with the measurements.
The main problem here is the absence of reliable measurements essential for the theory of plasma properties.
The measurements carried out by our observer provide an estimate of this probability.
Within the probable error of the measurements the equivalence of mass and energy is satisfied.
The only moral to be drawn from this seems to be that you should make more, more and yet more measurements.
The fourth section looks at recent work on the relationship between anthropometric measurements and life expectancy.
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Collocations withmeasurement

measurement

These are words often used in combination with measurement.

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accurate measurement
Sensitivity and flexibility are needed for engaging with individual families, but accuratemeasurement is needed for systems control.
additional measurement
An additionalmeasurement at the middle of the dry season was not possible for comparative purposes because many intermittent streams were included in the study.
angle measurement
Calibration of the various joint angle sensors was performed using a goniometer designed for human finger joint anglemeasurement.
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