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English

Adjective

mensural (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to measure or measurement.
2. (music) Having a fixed rhythm.

Related terms

• mensuration

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “mensural”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• “mensural” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• numerals

English

Etymology

From Middle French mensuration, from Late Latin mens?r?ti?nem (“a measuring”).

Noun

mensuration (countable and uncountable, plural mensurations)

1. The act or process of measuring; measurement.
2. (mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
3. (music) A 13th century system for governing rhythmic relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time signatures; The use of mensural notation.
4. (forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

Related terms

• mensural

Anagrams

• mountainers, munerations, numerations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

mensuration f (plural mensurations)

1. measurement
2. (in the plural) the size of a person or animal etc

Further reading

• “mensuration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).