Definition of mensuration in English English dictionary
The branch of mathematics that deals with measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas and volumes of geometric figures
With the passage of time I have realized that the illustrations can also serve, to some extent, to make mensuration more readily possible.
{i} act of measuring; branch of Geometry which deals in the measurement of dimensions
That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles