mensuration vs densitometry

densitometry vs mensuration

mensuration and densitometry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mensuration	Yes	No	No	No
densitometry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, densitometry is a hyponym of mensuration; that is, densitometry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mensuration:

mensuration: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
densitometry: measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission

Other hyponyms of mensuration include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, plumbing, calorimetry, cephalometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mental measurement, micrometry, observation, pelvimetry, photometry, quantification, radioactive dating, meter reading, reading, sampling, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

mensuration (noun)	densitometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission

Difference between mensuration and densitometry

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