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RegionMeasure
  • See Also
    • ArcLength
    • Area
    • SurfaceArea
    • Perimeter
    • Volume
    • RegionCentroid
    • MomentOfInertia
    • RegionMoment
    • RegionDimension
    • Integrate
    • NIntegrate
    • RegionBoundary
  • Related Guides
    • Region Properties and Measures
    • Vector Analysis
    • Geometric Computation
    • Solvers over Regions
    • Mesh-Based Geometric Regions
    • Synthetic Geometry
    • Polygons
    • Polyhedra
    • See Also
      • ArcLength
      • Area
      • SurfaceArea
      • Perimeter
      • Volume
      • RegionCentroid
      • MomentOfInertia
      • RegionMoment
      • RegionDimension
      • Integrate
      • NIntegrate
      • RegionBoundary
    • Related Guides
      • Region Properties and Measures
      • Vector Analysis
      • Geometric Computation
      • Solvers over Regions
      • Mesh-Based Geometric Regions
      • Synthetic Geometry
      • Polygons
      • Polyhedra

RegionMeasure[reg]

gives the measure of the region reg.

RegionMeasure[reg,d]

gives the d-dimensional measure of the region reg.

RegionMeasure[{x1,…,xn},{{t1,a1,b1},…,{tk,ak,bk}}]

gives the k-measure of the parametric formula whose Cartesian coordinates xi are functions of tj.

RegionMeasure[{x1,…,xn},{{t1,a1,b1},…,{tk,ak,bk}},chart]

interprets the xi as coordinates in the specified coordinate chart.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Special Regions  
Formula Regions  
Mesh Regions  
Derived Regions  
Geographic Regions  
Parametric Formulas  
Options  
Assumptions  
WorkingPrecision  
Applications  
Points  
Curves  
Surfaces  
Solids  
Higher-Dimensional Regions  
Properties & Relations  
Possible Issues  
Neat Examples  
See Also
Related Guides
History
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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • ArcLength
    • Area
    • SurfaceArea
    • Perimeter
    • Volume
    • RegionCentroid
    • MomentOfInertia
    • RegionMoment
    • RegionDimension
    • Integrate
    • NIntegrate
    • RegionBoundary
  • Related Guides
    • Region Properties and Measures
    • Vector Analysis
    • Geometric Computation
    • Solvers over Regions
    • Mesh-Based Geometric Regions
    • Synthetic Geometry
    • Polygons
    • Polyhedra
    • See Also
      • ArcLength
      • Area
      • SurfaceArea
      • Perimeter
      • Volume
      • RegionCentroid
      • MomentOfInertia
      • RegionMoment
      • RegionDimension
      • Integrate
      • NIntegrate
      • RegionBoundary
    • Related Guides
      • Region Properties and Measures
      • Vector Analysis
      • Geometric Computation
      • Solvers over Regions
      • Mesh-Based Geometric Regions
      • Synthetic Geometry
      • Polygons
      • Polyhedra

RegionMeasure

RegionMeasure[reg]

gives the measure of the region reg.

RegionMeasure[reg,d]

gives the d-dimensional measure of the region reg.

RegionMeasure[{x1,…,xn},{{t1,a1,b1},…,{tk,ak,bk}}]

gives the k-measure of the parametric formula whose Cartesian coordinates xi are functions of tj.

RegionMeasure[{x1,…,xn},{{t1,a1,b1},…,{tk,ak,bk}},chart]

interprets the xi as coordinates in the specified coordinate chart.

Details and Options

  • RegionMeasure is also known as count (0D), length (1D), area (2D), volume (3D), and Lebesgue measure.
  • Example cases where rows correspond to embedding dimension and columns to geometric dimension:
  • If the region reg is of dimension d≥0, then the d-dimensional measure is used.
  • The zero-dimensional measure counts the number of points in the region.
  • In RegionMeasure[x,{{t1,a1,b1},…,{tk,ak,bk}}], if x is a scalar, RegionMeasure returns the measure of the hypersurface {t1,…,tk,x} in k+1 dimensions.
  • Coordinate charts in the third argument of RegionMeasure can be specified as triples {coordsys,metric,dim} in the same way as in the first argument of CoordinateChartData. The short form in which dim is omitted may be used.
  • The following options can be given:
  • AccuracyGoalInfinitydigits of absolute accuracy sought
    Assumptions $Assumptionsassumptions to make about parameters
    GenerateConditionsAutomaticwhether to generate conditions on parameters
    PerformanceGoal$PerformanceGoalaspects of performance to try to optimize
    PrecisionGoalAutomaticdigits of precision sought
    WorkingPrecision Automaticthe precision used in internal computations
  • Symbolic limits of integration are assumed to be real and ordered. Symbolic coordinate chart parameters are assumed to be in range given by the "ParameterRangeAssumptions" property of CoordinateChartData.
  • RegionMeasure can be used with symbolic regions in GeometricScene.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (6)

RegionMeasure corresponds to count for zero-dimensional regions:

RegionMeasure corresponds to curve length for one-dimensional regions:

RegionMeasure corresponds to surface area for two-dimensional regions:

RegionMeasure corresponds to volume for three-dimensional regions:

Area of a bow-tie figure:

Volume of a cylinder expressed in cylindrical coordinates:

Scope  (27)

Special Regions  (10)

The measure for Point corresponds to counts:

Points can be used in any number of dimensions:

The measure for Line corresponds to arc length:

Lines can be used in any number of dimensions:

Rectangle can be used in 2D, and the measure corresponds to area:

Cuboid can be used in any number of dimensions:

A Simplex can correspond to a point, line, or triangle in 2D:

Simplices can be used in any number of dimensions:

The measure of a standard unit simplex in dimension :

Polygon represents an area:

In 3D:

Disk can be used in 2D:

Ball can be used in any dimension, and the measure is the generalized volume:

The measure of unit balls in dimension :

Disk as an ellipse can be used in 2D:

Ellipsoid can be used in any dimension:

Circle can be used in 2D:

Cylinder can be used in 3D:

Cone can be used in 3D:

Formula Regions  (2)

The measure of a disk represented as an ImplicitRegion:

A cylinder volume:

The measure of a disk represented as a ParametricRegion:

Using a rational parametrization of disk:

A cylinder volume:

Mesh Regions  (2)

The measure of a MeshRegion in 2D:

In 3D:

The measure of a BoundaryMeshRegion:

In 3D:

Derived Regions  (3)

The measure of a RegionIntersection:

The measure of a TransformedRegion:

The measure of a RegionBoundary:

Geographic Regions  (2)

The measure of a polygon of geographic entities:

Polygons with GeoPosition:

The measure of a polygon with GeoGridPosition:

Parametric Formulas  (8)

Length of a circular arc:

An infinite curve in polar coordinates with finite length:

The surface area of a torus of major radius 5 and minor radius 2:

The volume of its interior:

The area of a "flat torus" embedded in four-dimensional space:

The hypervolume of a 4-sphere embedded in five dimensions:

The hypervolume of the paraboloidal function graph over the unit hypercube:

The length of a curve "bouncing" between the poles on the unit sphere:

The area of the unit square in stereographic coordinates on the sphere:

Options  (4)

Assumptions  (2)

The implicit region can represent both ellipses and hyperbolas:

Adding the assumption gives the length of an ellipse only:

The area of an ellipse with arbitrary semimajor axes and :

Adding an assumption that the semimajor axes are positive simplifies the answer:

WorkingPrecision  (2)

Compute the arc length using machine arithmetic:

Find the area using 30 digits of precision:

Applications  (13)

Points  (2)

For point sets, the counting measure is used. Each point contributes 1 to the measure:

For constant point mass , multiply the measure by to get the total mass:

For a varying point mass function , use Integrate:

Curves  (4)

The length of a function curve :

The length of an implicit curve:

In 3D:

Find a formula for the length of a Peano curve:

Find the total charge along a wire with constant charge density :

For varying density , use Integrate:

Surfaces  (2)

The area of a function surface :

Total mass for a rectangular region:

With uniform mass density :

With varying mass density given by , use Integrate:

Solids  (3)

Total mass for a Ball with constant density :

For a varying density function , use Integrate:

Find the mass of ethanol in a Cone:

Density of ethanol:

Volume of cone:

Mass of ethanol in the cone:

Find the mass of a Cylinder with a nonuniform mass density defined by :

Density of cylinder:

Volume of cylinder:

Mass of cylinder:

Higher-Dimensional Regions  (2)

Derive a formula for the region measure of an -dimensional unit ball:

The volume of the 3D hypersurface :

Properties & Relations  (10)

RegionMeasure for a region ℛ is given by the integral :

ArcLength is a special case of RegionMeasure for one-dimensional regions:

Area is a special case of RegionMeasure for two-dimensional regions:

Volume is a special case of RegionMeasure for three-dimensional regions:

The measure used is determined by RegionDimension, including count for dimension 0:

Length for dimension 1:

Area for dimension 2:

Volume for dimension 3:

For regions containing a mix of dimensions, RegionDimension gives the largest dimension:

Since the dimension is 1, this computes the length:

RegionMeasure[x,{t},c] is equivalent to ArcLength[x,t,c]:

RegionMeasure[x,{s,t},c] is equivalent to Area[x,s,t,c]:

RegionMeasure[x,{s,t,u},c] is equivalent to Volume[x,s,t,u,c]:

RegionCentroid is equivalent to Integrate[p,p∈ℛ]/m with m=RegionMeasure[ℛ]:

Possible Issues  (3)

RegionMeasure uses the counting measure for discrete points:

This specifies that the two-dimensional Lebesgue measure should be used:

The parametric form takes the parametrization as fundamental and will count multiple coverings:

The region version computes the measure of the image:

RegionMeasure uses machine arithmetic when the exact answer cannot be computed:

Neat Examples  (1)

Find the measure of the Cantor set:

Compute the measure for the first six iterations:

Find the length for iteration k:

The measure in the limit:

See Also

ArcLength  Area  SurfaceArea  Perimeter  Volume  RegionCentroid  MomentOfInertia  RegionMoment  RegionDimension  Integrate  NIntegrate  RegionBoundary

Function Repository: SimplexMeasure

Related Guides

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  • Region Properties and Measures
  • ▪
  • Vector Analysis
  • ▪
  • Geometric Computation
  • ▪
  • Solvers over Regions
  • ▪
  • Mesh-Based Geometric Regions
  • ▪
  • Synthetic Geometry
  • ▪
  • Polygons
  • ▪
  • Polyhedra

History

Introduced in 2014 (10.0) | Updated in 2016 (10.4) ▪ 2019 (12.0)

Wolfram Research (2014), RegionMeasure, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RegionMeasure.html (updated 2019).

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), RegionMeasure, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RegionMeasure.html (updated 2019).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "RegionMeasure." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2019. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RegionMeasure.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). RegionMeasure. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RegionMeasure.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_regionmeasure, author="Wolfram Research", title="{RegionMeasure}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RegionMeasure.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_regionmeasure, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={RegionMeasure}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RegionMeasure.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

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