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mensuration

[men-shuh-rey-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

This leads at once to the corollary that the volume of a rectangular parallelepiped equals the product of its three dimensions, the fundamental law in the mensuration of all solids.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

Evidently the selection must include the great basal propositions that are needed in mensuration and in later mathematics, together with others that are necessary to prove them.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

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 David Eugene Smith

This is also one of the basal propositions of solid geometry, and it has many applications in practical mensuration.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith




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