measurements

plural of measurement
as in dimensions
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 measurements The model can also estimate missing experimental measurements, such as chromatin accessibility, from other available data. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026 The measurements helped set in motion action of a sort that Tangier arguably has not seen since. — John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026 Astronomers use these measurements to determine whether a world lies in the habitable zone of a star, where temperatures could allow liquid water to exist on the surface given a suitable atmosphere. — Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Diagnosis requires a sleep study that records breathing, oxygen levels, heart rate and other measurements overnight. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Nov. 2026 Brands may lean harder on arguments that their scans produce only measurements, not identifiers, to try to stay outside BIPA’s reach. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Reliable’s software runs those and various other measurements through specialized algorithmic filters to pin down exactly where its own plane is and adapt accordingly. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026 These tighter measurements may not seem like a lot, but the iPad mini now weighs the same as the iPhone Duo, Apple's folding iPhone. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026 The Standard Model of particle physics predicts that there should be no difference between the two particle measurements. — ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for measurements
Noun
  • The company has not yet published AIR’s overall dimensions, weight, reach, battery capacity, or maximum payload.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But any reading of realism that does not consider the moral dimensions of Morgenthau’s theory is both mistaken and dangerous.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • Repeating this process thousands of times creates a dense, web-like architecture of intersecting support beams in wildly varying sizes and thicknesses.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Promotions in the category continued to focus on gift sets reserved for VIP members and gifts-with-purchase in full sizes, offering consumers the prospect of the lowest prices of the year despite growing fatigue around discounting.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026

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“Measurements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measurements. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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