as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
the measurement of the average house lot in that neighborhood is half an acre
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Recent Examples of measurement
Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 June 2025
While most bicycles today use metric, home hardware and car parts are sometimes still in standard measurements.
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
In measurements and specs, this new Surface Laptop falls right in between the 13.8-inch flagship and the aging Surface Go 3.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Empirical measurements from a recent study show that an 8‑GPU NVIDIA H100 node can draw up to 8.4 kW under heavy AI workloads.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 June 2025
While most bicycles today use metric, home hardware and car parts are sometimes still in standard measurements.
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
In measurements and specs, this new Surface Laptop falls right in between the 13.8-inch flagship and the aging Surface Go 3.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Empirical measurements from a recent study show that an 8‑GPU NVIDIA H100 node can draw up to 8.4 kW under heavy AI workloads.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measurement
Noun
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Hudson Baby's Prime Day sales extend to many baby, toddler, and even big kid sizes and designs, like nautical seashells and rainbow mermaids.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
8 July 2025
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The size of these grants depended on the time involved and number of teachers working on the projects.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The international dimension adds another layer of complexity.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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In higher dimensions, mathematicians still don’t know the answer.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
7 July 2025
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“Measurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measurement. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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