different between mensuration vs reckoning

English

Etymology

From Middle French mensuration, from Late Latin mens?r?ti?nem (“a measuring”).

Noun

mensuration (countable and uncountable, plural mensurations)

1. The act or process of measuring; measurement.
2. (mathematics) The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
3. (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.
4. (forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

Related terms

• mensural

Anagrams

• mountainers, munerations, numerations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

mensuration f (plural mensurations)

1. measurement
2. (in the plural) the size of a person or animal etc

Further reading

• “mensuration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon +? -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?n??/

Verb

reckoning

1. Present participle and gerund of reckon.

Noun

reckoning (plural reckonings)

1. The action of calculating or estimating something.

   • When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
2. An opinion or judgement.
3. A summing up or appraisal.
4. The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
5. The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
6. (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
7. (archaic) Rank or status.

Synonyms

• (action of calculating or estimating something): calculation, computation; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Translations

Derived terms

• dead reckoning