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Measurement vs Measuring - What's the difference?

measurement | measuring |

As nouns the difference between measurement and measuring

is that measurement is the act of measuring while measuring is act of measurement.

As a verb measuring is

present participle of lang=en.

measurement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of measuring.
  • Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
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    See also

    : A Dictionary of Units of Measurement English adjectives

    measuring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of measurement.
  • * 1899 , Self Culture (volume 8, page 683)
    • The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.

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