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Measuring vs Mensuration - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between measuring and mensuration

is that measuring is act of measurement while mensuration is the branch of mathematics that deals with measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.

As a verb measuring

is present participle of lang=en.

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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    mensuration

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The branch of mathematics that deals with measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
  • *
    • With the passage of time I have realized that the illustrations can also serve, to some extent, to make mensuration more readily possible.

    Related terms

    * mensural

    References

    Mensuration Formulas

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