mensuration

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Body temperature changes through the menstrual cycle, rising just before ovulation and falling as mensuration begins.

From The Verge • Oct. 26, 2021

There are only four leading propositions necessary for the mensuration of the circle and the determination of the value of π.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

From these results follow again the rules at present given for the mensuration of solids, viz. a pyramid is the third part of a triangular prism having the same base and the same altitude.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

This formula is, therefore, a very general one, relating to all the polyhedrons that are commonly met in mensuration.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

This papyrus also contains some treatment of the mensuration of solids, particularly with reference to the capacity of granaries.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene