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mensuration

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as in measurement

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In 2015, an international team led by ecologist Thomas Crowther developed the first global tree-density map by combining satellite observations with hundreds of thousands of field measurements collected from every continent except Antarctica.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
That process began with measurements before this year’s Super Bowl, as Kuechly’s skull was measured by lead sculptor Blair Buswell.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

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That was good enough for the system’s main purpose of helping US submarines calculate their own locations as a foundation for making the necessary missile launch calculations to strike their targets.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
However, our calculations show that population growth in Florida, particularly from out-of-state migrants, has nearly stopped.

— Matt Brooks, Fortune, 15 July 2026

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The researchers say that this digital silicon technology is easier to scale up than their analog circuit and can also carry out other kinds of computation, such as image generation and simulations of molecules.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
The team also believes programmable metasurfaces could eventually support optical computing, where light performs computations instead of conventional electronic circuits.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

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