名詞 mensuration:

1. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
   同義詞：measurement, measuring, measure

men.su.ra.tion

n.（名詞）
The act, process, or art of measuring.
測(cè)量：測(cè)量的行為、過(guò)程或方法
Measurement of geometric quantities.
測(cè)量法：幾何數(shù)量之測(cè)定方法

來(lái)源：
Late Latin mônsôr3tiô mônsôr3tiôn-
后期拉丁語(yǔ) mônsôr3tiô mônsôr3tiôn-
from mônsôr3tus [past participle of] mônsôr3re [to measure]
源自 mônsôr3tus [] mônsôr3re的過(guò)去分詞 [測(cè)量]
from Latin mônsôra [measure] * see measure
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) mônsôra [測(cè)量] *參見(jiàn) measure

【引伸】
men.sura.tive
adj.（形容詞）