measurement
/ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mənt/ noun B1- The act of measuring.
- Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
Plural measurements
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“It was perfectly obvious to me, on reading the Ritual, that the measurements must refer to some spot to which the rest of the document alluded, and that if we could find that spot, we should be in a fair way towards finding what the secret was which the old Musgraves had thought it necessary to embalm in so curious a fashion.
I knew that it was the mark made by Brunton in his measurements, and that I was still upon his trail.
His conversation, I remember, was about the Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of the French savant.
Over the next year, Elena typed up every single recipe, adding exact measurements, photos and her grandmother's comments.
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