as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
the measurement of the average house lot in that neighborhood is half an acre
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Recent Examples of measurement
Behavior reports were based on what owners observed, rather than direct measurement.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
One of those metrics is Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE), a key measurement of the severity of a hurricane season.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 July 2025
Within a year, TRACERS should collect 3,000 measurements of magnetic reconnections, a sample size large enough to start identifying why some space weather events evolve differently than others.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
Exposure management is about ongoing vigilance and dynamic measurement.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
One of those metrics is Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE), a key measurement of the severity of a hurricane season.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 July 2025
Within a year, TRACERS should collect 3,000 measurements of magnetic reconnections, a sample size large enough to start identifying why some space weather events evolve differently than others.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
Exposure management is about ongoing vigilance and dynamic measurement.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measurement
Noun
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It’s designed to be small, typically a single bedroom, living room and a small kitchen, typically 20% of the size of the larger home on the lot, Gage said.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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In 1996, inspired by a landmark study finding smaller class sizes resulted in higher test scores, Wisconsin launched a class size reduction fund.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Nowhere is the political dimension of this shift more visible than in Belgium.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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As overtaking is harder this year due to the amount of dirty air produced by the cars, plus the big weight and dimensions of the machines of this era, removing the variable of strategy can sap away some of the action.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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“Measurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measurement. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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