mensuration vs tonometry

tonometry vs mensuration

mensuration and tonometry both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tonometry is a hyponym of mensuration; that is, tonometry 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
tonometry: the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea

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, 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, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

mensuration (noun)	tonometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea

Difference between mensuration and tonometry

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