mensuration

名词 mensuration:

1. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
   同义词：measurement, measuring, measure

men.su.ra.tion

n.（名词）
The act, process, or art of measuring.
测量：测量的行为、过程或方法
Measurement of geometric quantities.
测量法：几何数量之测定方法

来源：
Late Latin mônsôr3tiô mônsôr3tiôn-
后期拉丁语 mônsôr3tiô mônsôr3tiôn-
from mônsôr3tus [past participle of] mônsôr3re [to measure]
源自 mônsôr3tus [] mônsôr3re的过去分词 [测量]
from Latin mônsôra [measure] * see measure
源自 拉丁语 mônsôra [测量] *参见 measure

【引伸】
men.sura.tive
adj.（形容词）