Gemessene

Gemessene is the attributive form of the German adjective gemessen, meaning "measured" or "gauged." It is used before a noun to describe something that has undergone measurement, often in technical or data-driven contexts. Common phrases include gemessene Entfernung (measured distance), gemessene Werte (measured values) or gemessene Zeit (measured time).

As a past participle used as an adjective, gemessene inflects like a normal attributive adjective: eine gemessene Distanz, der gemessene Wert, die gemessenen Ergebnisse. When used predicatively as a past participle, the form changes to gemessen, as in Die Länge ist gemessen.

Das Gemessene can also function as a noun, capitalized Das Gemessene, referring to the thing that has been measured or to the result of a measurement; this nominal usage is less common but attested in technical writing.

Etymology and usage notes: gemessene derives from messen with the ge- prefix forming gemessen; as an attributive adjective it mirrors other participle-based descriptors used with measurement.

See also: Messung, Messwert, Metrologie, Messen.