Measurement is the assignment of a number to a characteristic of an object or event, which

can be compared with other objects or events.

Measurement is a cornerstone of trade, science, technology, and quantitative research in

many disciplines. Historically, many measurement systems existed for the varied fields
of human existence to facilitate comparisons in these fields. Often these were achieved
by local agreements between trading partners or collaborators. Since the 18th century,
developments progressed towards unifying, widely accepted standards that resulted in
the modern International System of Units (SI). This system reduces all physical
measurements to a mathematical combination of seven base units. The science of
measurement is pursued in the field of metrology

Measurements are there to provide means for either comparing 2 or more entities (may
be physical or logical) or secondly to indicate the exact quantity of any entity….

1. something is greater/smaller/brighter/farther/heavier/lighter/faster than

something but by what amount.. there must be some standard scale for all
these entities.
2. Moon is at very larger distance from earth but exactly how much. I need to buy
some quantity of food, wheat and grains from shop keeper, but again what
quantity.. (especially while you are ordering through telephone… Imagine what
will happen if you don’t have measurements like gram, mili-gram, kilogram,
pounds… etc).