† dimensuˈration Obs.
[n. of action f. L. type *dīmensūrāre, f. dī- + mensūrāre to measure, after dīmetīrī, dīmensus, f. di- + metīrī, mensus to measure.]
Measuring out or off, measurement.
| 1593 Norden Spec. Brit., M'sex i. Prepar. 15 Such an expected geographicall description..doeth require dimensuration betweene euery station. 1677 Plot Oxfordsh. To Rdr. B ij, As true as actual dimensuration..could direct me to put them. |
So † diˈmensurable a., capable of being measured; † diˈmensurated ppl. a., measured; † diˈmensurator, an instrument for taking measurements. (All obs. and rare.)
| 1660 Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 404/1 The point by fluxion makes a Line, the Line..a Superficies, the Superficies..a Body, three ways dimensurable. 1675 Ogilby Brit. Pref. 3 Dimensurators or Measuring Instruments. Ibid. (1698) 1 Shewing the dimensurated miles and furlongs answerably. |