"measurement" meaning in English

See measurement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmeʒ.ɚ.mənt/ [US], /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-measurement.wav [UK] Forms: measurement [singular], measurements [plural]
Etymology: measure + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|measure|ment}} measure + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Measurement is the act of measuring something.
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  2. Measurement is the amount of something which is found by measuring it.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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