Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual FacultiesDivision (I) Formation of Ideas
Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations
466. Measurement.
METROLOGY, weights and measures, compound arithmetic.
MEASURE, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, spirit level, plumb line; square, T-square, steel square, compass, dividers, calipers; gauge or gage, standard gauge, broad or wide gauge, narrow gauge; log, log-line, patent log [naut.]; meter, line, rod, check.
flood mark, high-water mark, load-line mark, Plimsoll mark; index [See Indication].
SCALE; graduation, graduated scale; nonius; vernier (minuteness) [See Littleness]; quadrant, theodolite, transit or transit theodolite, viagraph; scale, beam, steelyard, weighing machine, balance (weight) [See Gravity]; anemometer (wind) [See Wind]; barometer (air) [See Air]; bathometer (depth) [See Depth]; dynamometer (force) [See Impulse]; galvanometer (power) [See Power]; goniometer (angle) [See Angularity]; hyetometer (fluids in motion) [See River]; landmark (limit) [See Limit]; pedometer (length) [See Length]; photometer (optical instruments) [See Optical Instruments]; radiometer (light) [See Light]; stethoscope (medical) [See Remedy]; thermometer [See Thermometer].
coördinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coördinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth.
GEOMETRY, stereometry, planimetry, hypsometry, altimetry, hypsography, chorometry, chorography, topography, cartography; surveying, land surveying, geodesy, geodetics, geodæsia or geodesia, orthometry; cadastre or cadaster; cadastral survey, cadastration.
astrolabe, armillary sphere.
SURVEYOR, land surveyor; geometer, chorographer, topographer, cartographer.
span, pace, step, inch, dial; caliper, divide, apply the compass &c. n.; gauge or gage; balance, poise, hold the scales, place in the beam, kick the beam; plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the -log, – lead; survey, plot, block in, block out, rule, draw to scale.
take an average [See Mean]; graduate, calibrate.