has gloss | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" measuring, mensuration, measurement, measure |
lexicalization | eng: measurement |
lexicalization | eng: measure |
lexicalization | eng: measuring |
lexicalization | eng: mensuration |
subclass of | (noun) any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" activity |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of quantities of heat calorimetry |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of human heads cephalometry |
has subclass | (noun) measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission densitometry |
has subclass | (noun) measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source dosimetry |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) fetometry, foetometry |
has subclass | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity gravimetry, hydrometry |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of the elevation of land above sea level hypsometry, hypsography |
has subclass | (noun) a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions mental measurement |
has subclass | (noun) measuring with a micrometer micrometry |
has subclass | (noun) the act of making and recording a measurement observation |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible) pelvimetry |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity) photometry |
has subclass | (noun) the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something quantification |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object radioactive dating |
has subclass | (noun) the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" reading, meter reading |
has subclass | (noun) measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) sampling |
has subclass | (noun) the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) sounding |
has subclass | (noun) locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions sound ranging |
has subclass | (noun) act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale scaling |
has subclass | (noun) the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity spirometry |
has subclass | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college" surveying |
has subclass | (noun) automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means telemetry |
has subclass | (noun) the measurement of temperature thermometry |
has subclass | (noun) the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances thermogravimetry |
has subclass | (noun) the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea tonometry |
has subclass | (noun) the measurement of viscosity viscosimetry, viscometry |
has subclass | (noun) the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes seismography |
has subclass | (noun) chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis |
has subclass | (noun) measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) actinometry |
has subclass | (noun) measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure algometry |
has subclass | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements anemography |
has subclass | (noun) measuring wind speed and direction anemometry |
has subclass | (noun) the precise measurement of angles angulation |
has subclass | (noun) measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities anthropometry |
has subclass | (noun) measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases arterial blood gases |
has subclass | (noun) measuring sensitivity of hearing audiometry |
has subclass | (noun) measuring the depths of the oceans plumbing, bathymetry |