プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
すんぽう【寸法】
&fRoman1;〔長さ〕 ((take; get)) the measure ((of))；a size
胸の寸法は95センチある
I measure ninety-five centimeters around my chest.
箱の寸法を物差しで測った
I took the measure of the box with a ruler.
紙の寸法は縦20センチ，横30センチだった
The paper was twenty by thirty centimeters (in size).
寸法どおりに机を作った
I made the desk (exactly) 「to specification [according to the specifications].
&fRoman2;〔やり方，計画〕
まずデマを飛ばしてあいつを失脚させるという寸法だ
The idea [plan] is to start a rumor and bring him down that way.