According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
MENSURATION
measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
(noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; “the measurements were carefully done”; “his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mensuration (countable and uncountable, plural mensurations)
The act or process of measuring; measurement.
(mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
(music) 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.
(forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.
Anagrams
• mountainers, munerations, numerations
Source: Wiktionary
Men`su*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. mensuratio : cf. F. mensuration.]
1. The act, process, or art, of measuring.
2. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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