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mensuration

[men-shuh-ray-shuhn, -suh-] / ˌmɛn ʃəˈreɪ ʃən, -sə- /


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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

The mensuration of the volume of the prism, including the rectangular parallelepiped and cube, was known to the ancients.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

The following table may be of some service in assigning problems in mensuration in connection with the regular polyhedrons, although some of the formulas are too difficult for beginners to prove.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

These three form the foundation of trigonometry and of the mensuration of plane figures.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

The geometry of very ancient peoples was largely the mensuration of simple areas and solids, such as is taught to children in elementary arithmetic to-day.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith


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