mensuration vs foetometry

foetometry vs mensuration

mensuration and foetometry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, foetometry is a hyponym of mensuration; that is, foetometry 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
foetometry: measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)

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, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, 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)	foetometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)

Difference between mensuration and foetometry

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