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measurement

[mezh-er-muhnt] / ˈmɛʒ ər mənt /


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But he surely understood that this was an incautiously brief period of measurement, for the river’s annual flow was wildly variable, ranging from about 9.1 million to 25 million acre-feet during the 20-year sampling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

That early robot evaluated just 20 measurement points to determine the safest route ahead.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Despite differences among species and environments, the largest individuals tended to reach roughly 80 millimeters in the body measurement used by the researchers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Those expectations at the moment are so low as to defy measurement.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

“So that’s the only measurement we can take,” said Kojo.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Other factors, including cosmic dust and the masses of galaxies, can influence the light astronomers receive from distant supernovae and therefore affect distance measurements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Advances in understanding supernova behavior allowed the team to improve the consistency and accuracy of measurements gathered over decades.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Although the different measurements do not point to exactly the same departure from the standard model, they provide additional reasons to investigate whether dark energy changes as the Universe ages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The measurements allowed the scientists to distinguish different uranium oxide phases within the radioactive fragments, revealing details that had previously been inaccessible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

In France, Marin Mersenne went to elaborate lengths in 1633 to replicate Galileo’s experiments and conduct accurate measurements.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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