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.
測量：測量的行為、過程或方法
Measurement of geometric quantities.
測量法：幾何數(shù)量之測定方法

來源：
Late Latin mônsôr3tiô mônsôr3tiôn-
后期拉丁語 mônsôr3tiô mônsôr3tiôn-
from mônsôr3tus [past participle of] mônsôr3re [to measure]
源自 mônsôr3tus [] mônsôr3re的過去分詞 [測量]
from Latin mônsôra [measure] * see measure
源自 拉丁語 mônsôra [測量] *參見 measure

【引伸】
men.sura.tive
adj.（形容詞）