How do you use Mensuration in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like measurement or measuring, plus the exact meaning.
Mensuration in a sentence
Mensuration meaning
- The act or process of measuring; measurement.
- The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
- 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.
Synonyms of Mensuration
Using Mensuration
- The main meaning on this page is: The act or process of measuring; measurement. | The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures. | 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.
- Useful related words include: measurement, measuring, measure, activity.
- In the example corpus, mensuration often appears in combinations such as: mensuration signs.
Context around Mensuration
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mensuration
- In this selection, "mensuration" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, basic, signs, canon and sign stand out and add context to how "mensuration" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a mensuration sign indicated and coordinates the mensuration process. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mensuration" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mensuration
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
About this sound Play ( help · info ) The movement consists of a three-out-of-one mensuration canon. (17 words)
The introduction of these led to a new issue, the need for very accurate three dimensional target coordinates – the mensuration process. (21 words)
Mensuration is a particular problem in the Cantigas, and most attempts at determining meaningful rhythmic schemes have tended, with some exceptions, to be unsatisfactory. (24 words)
Early music usage Mensural time signatures In the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period in which mensural notation was used, four basic mensuration signs determined the proportion between the two main units of rhythm. (35 words)
Unlike modern notation, the duration ratios between these different values was not always 2:1; it could be either 2:1 or 3:1, and that is what, amongst other things, these mensuration signs indicated. (35 words)
A circle used as a mensuration sign indicated tempus perfectum (a circle being a symbol of completeness), while an incomplete circle, resembling a letter C, indicated tempus imperfectum. (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
About this sound Play ( help · info ) The movement consists of a three-out-of-one mensuration canon.
A circle used as a mensuration sign indicated tempus perfectum (a circle being a symbol of completeness), while an incomplete circle, resembling a letter C, indicated tempus imperfectum.
Early music usage Mensural time signatures In the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period in which mensural notation was used, four basic mensuration signs determined the proportion between the two main units of rhythm.
Mensuration is a particular problem in the Cantigas, and most attempts at determining meaningful rhythmic schemes have tended, with some exceptions, to be unsatisfactory.
The introduction of these led to a new issue, the need for very accurate three dimensional target coordinates – the mensuration process.
Unlike modern notation, the duration ratios between these different values was not always 2:1; it could be either 2:1 or 3:1, and that is what, amongst other things, these mensuration signs indicated.
Common combinations with mensuration
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: