measurements

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We still don’t know exactly how tall he is; big men are notorious about revealing their true measurements.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

They also contributed to important measurements involving proton and helium fluxes and helped analyze carbon nuclei data.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

That kind of progress highlights the long term need for precise entangled measurements, because future quantum networks will depend on the ability to create, route, verify, and transfer fragile quantum states.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

The measurements came from sites in the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Brazil, giving researchers data from different climates, hemispheres, and economic regions, including both developed and emerging economies.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

But Ptolemy and his followers had assumed that measurements could be regarded as approximations: in practice, there were bound to be minor discrepancies between theoretical predictions and actual measurements.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton