Measurement

Measurement is comparison of some property of some object with similar property of another special object, that is qualified as etalon. Usually, the measurement implies the expression of the result in form of a number or an array o f numbers. These numbers are qualified as physical quantities

Usually, measurement is important part of any scientific experiment or observation. Essential are measurements in Physics

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement

Keywords

Physical quantity, Science, Physics