mensuration

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Noun
  • According to the California Department of Water Resources, the April 1 snowpack measurement at Phillips Station is the second lowest on record.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That means horology—the study of time’s measurement—has a very long history.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • With a superior code and decoder in hand, Cain, Xu, and Huang developed ways to pull off the intricate manipulations of the real qubits required to perform calculations, all while keeping them protected.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Her cooperation with Washington reflects strategic calculation and the need to buy time without losing the Chavista base amid geopolitical turbulence.
    Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Other milestones include higher qubit counts — which increase the potential size and complexity of problems a quantum computer can represent and help solve — and coherence times, which allow more reliable computations by reducing the impact of noise and errors.
    Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • About that same time, Chinese scholars were compiling the Jiuzhang Suanshu, a mathematical treatise focused on solving practical problems with computation.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Since August, the clinic has provided 2,200 health screenings, including 3D mammograms, blood pressure evaluations and diabetes and cardiovascular testing.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Still, the driver's age is raising broader policy questions, as some residents are calling for stricter testing requirements for older drivers, including more frequent vision and driving evaluations.
    Kenny Choi, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Mensuration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mensuration. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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