Timeline for What is the right verb for "measurement"?
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| Sep 8, 2016 at 9:31 | history | edited | clabacchio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 6, 2014 at 18:13 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Sep 6, 2014 at 17:38 | answer | added | Rommy Huleis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 7, 2014 at 12:13 | history | edited | clabacchio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 23, 2012 at 14:22 | vote | accept | clabacchio | ||
| May 22, 2012 at 15:41 | comment | added | David Schwartz | You can measure a quantity or parameter, but if you measured a measurement, you wouldn't be measuring the quantity. You can measure my height and get six feet. Then measure that measurement and see that it's in 1/4 inch type. | |
| May 22, 2012 at 9:45 | history | edited | clabacchio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2012 at 17:35 | comment | added | Double AA | ...to measure a measurement. | |
| May 21, 2012 at 17:16 | comment | added | Mitch | What's wrong with "the measuring of..." | |
| May 21, 2012 at 17:06 | answer | added | Alex B. | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 21, 2012 at 16:37 | comment | added | Jodrell |
Sometimes one can take a measure of some quantity but, that terminology is indicative of somthing less measurable i.e. the strength of enemy forces or a man's charachter.
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| May 21, 2012 at 14:37 | history | edited | clabacchio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2012 at 14:19 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 21, 2012 at 13:22 | history | edited | user2683 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2012 at 13:15 | comment | added | clabacchio | @PeterShor well in this case it was complicated :) | |
| May 21, 2012 at 13:14 | history | edited | clabacchio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2012 at 13:09 | comment | added | Peter Shor | I think they all work, although do sounds more informal than the others, and so not appropriate for a scientific paper, and carry out has the connotation of needing to perform a complicated procedure to make the measurement. | |
| May 21, 2012 at 13:02 | answer | added | cornbread ninja 麵包忍者 | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 21, 2012 at 12:56 | history | asked | clabacchio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |