Modern society simply could not exist without measurement. Time, size, distance, speed, direction, weight, volume, temperature, pressure, force, sound, light, energy—these are among the physical properties for which humans have developed accurate measures, without which we could not live our normal daily lives.
Answer:
to know the length/height of something
Explanation:
for example, say you wanted a pool, you want it to be big enough to swim around in so you'd want to know the length of the pool you're going to buy
