measurement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

   the measurements were carefully done

2. 2
   noun

   Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.

   Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of measuring.

Etymology

From measure + -ment.