Talking about Measurement: English Vocabulary List

a measure of the height, length, or width of an object in a certain direction

"We measured the dimensions of the room."

"The architect carefully considered every dimension of the room before designing the new kitchen layout."

a number or piece of data representing measurements or facts

"One striking statistic is the drop in child mortality."

"The surprising statistic shows that more than half of adults do not exercise enough daily."

the length of the space that is between two places or points

"The distance between the two cities is 100 miles."

"Social distance is the practice of maintaining a physical space between yourself and other people"

the action of finding the size, number, or degree of something

"Accurate measurement is essential in science."

"A direct measurement involves directly observing the dimension or quantity being measured"

the distance of something from side to side

"The width of the gap was less than a millimeter."

"The width of the river is too great for the team to build a bridge without expensive equipment."

the total number or quantity of something

"A huge amount of work remains to be done."

"The total amount of money raised for the charity exceeded the goal set by the organizers."

the amount of something or the whole number of things in a group

"A large quantity of books."

"We need to determine the exact quantity of supplies required for the upcoming expedition into the wilderness."

a unit of measuring weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

"The diamond weighed exactly five grams."

"A single gram of a protein is equivalent to four calories of energy"

a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot or 2.54 centimeters

"Just one inch more."

"The tiny seedling grew only an inch taller each day, but its progress was still noticeable."

a unit of measuring weight equal to 2.20 pounds or 1000 grams

"A kilogram is equal to exactly one thousand grams."

"The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units"

a unit for measuring an amount of liquid or gas that equals 2.11 pints

"The car's fuel tank holds fifty liters of gas."

"She needs to drink at least two liters of water every day to stay properly hydrated."

a unit of measuring length equal to 1.6 kilometers or 1760 yards

"The nearest town is thirty miles away."

"The marathon race is approximately twenty-six miles long."

a unit of measuring weight that equals one thousandth of a gram

"The medicine is measured carefully to the milligram."

"A milligram is one-thousandth of a gram, used for precise scientific measurements."

a unit for measuring the size of computer data that equals 8 bits

"A byte of data is eight bits grouped together."

"A terabyte is a massive unit of digital information storage"

a unit of measuring length equal to one thousandth of a meter

"The crack in the wall was only a millimeter wide."

"The machinist needs to cut the metal plate with a precision of less than one millimeter."

a unit for measuring length that is equal to 1000 meters or approximately 0.62 miles

"I walk one kilometer every day."

"The nearest gas station is five kilometers away so we need enough fuel to reach it."

a unit of measuring length equal to one hundredth of a meter

"There are one hundred centimeters in a single meter."

"A centimeter is a unit of length in the metric system"