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

It is merely a question of simple mensuration, and no problem of “high mathematics” is involved.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

His internal dimensions have long been a favorite theme of speculation to his friends, but, alas! the problem must ever set at defiance all the ordinary rules of mensuration.

From Doesticks, What He Says by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander

The first few propositions include those that lead up to the mensuration of the circle.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

It is possible to add to the work in pure geometry some work in the mensuration of the curvilinear figures shown in these designs.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene