ABSTRACT
Measurement pervades everything we do; this applies to technical, management, and social activities and requirements. Even in innocuous situations such as human leisure, the importance of measurement comes to the surface; for example, how much, how far, how good, how fast, and how long are typical expressions of some sort of measurement. Consider a possible newspaper-classied advertisement that provides the following measurement disclaimer:
The acceptable units of measure for all rewood advertisement are cord or fraction of a cord. The units of measurements for a cord are 4″ by 4″ by 8″. The terms face cord, rack, pile, rick, truckload or similar terms are not acceptable.
