diff --git a/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts b/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts
index 07302bd22f..0be696d43a 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ export interface BoundCounter {
   add(value: number): void;
 }
 
-/** Measure to report instantaneous measurement of a value. */
-export interface BoundMeasure {
+/** ValueRecorder to report instantaneous measurement of a value. */
+export interface BoundValueRecorder {
   /**
-   * Records the given value to this measure.
-   * @param value the measurement to record.
+   * Records the given value to this value recorder.
+   * @param value to record.
    * @param correlationContext the correlationContext associated with the
-   *     measurements.
+   *     values.
    * @param spanContext the {@link SpanContext} that identifies the {@link Span}
-   *     for which the measurements are associated with.
+   *     which the values are associated with.
    */
   record(value: number): void;
   record(value: number, correlationContext: CorrelationContext): void;
diff --git a/api/src/metrics/Meter.ts b/api/src/metrics/Meter.ts
index 0b43708c4d..5ed8bbf3a9 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/Meter.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/Meter.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { MetricOptions, Counter, Measure, Observer } from './Metric';
+import { MetricOptions, Counter, ValueRecorder, Observer } from './Metric';
 
 /**
  * An interface to allow the recording metrics.
  *
  * {@link Metric}s are used for recording pre-defined aggregation (`Counter`),
- * or raw values (`Measure`) in which the aggregation and labels
+ * or raw values (`ValueRecorder`) in which the aggregation and labels
  * for the exported metric are deferred.
  */
 export interface Meter {
   /**
-   * Creates and returns a new `Measure`.
+   * Creates and returns a new `ValueRecorder`.
    * @param name the name of the metric.
    * @param [options] the metric options.
    */
-  createMeasure(name: string, options?: MetricOptions): Measure;
+  createValueRecorder(name: string, options?: MetricOptions): ValueRecorder;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new `Counter` metric. Generally, this kind of metric when the
diff --git a/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts b/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts
index 3996e5498b..00d4ef215e 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { CorrelationContext } from '../correlation_context/CorrelationContext';
 import { SpanContext } from '../trace/span_context';
 import { ObserverResult } from './ObserverResult';
-import { BoundCounter, BoundMeasure } from './BoundInstrument';
+import { BoundCounter, BoundValueRecorder } from './BoundInstrument';
 
 /**
  * Options needed for metric creation
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export interface MetricOptions {
   monotonic?: boolean;
 
   /**
-   * (Measure only, default true) Asserts that this metric will only accept
+   * (ValueRecorder only, default true) Asserts that this metric will only accept
    * non-negative values (e.g. disk usage).
    */
   absolute?: boolean;
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ export interface Counter extends UnboundMetric<BoundCounter> {
   add(value: number, labels?: Labels): void;
 }
 
-export interface Measure extends UnboundMetric<BoundMeasure> {
+export interface ValueRecorder extends UnboundMetric<BoundValueRecorder> {
   /**
-   * Records the given value to this measure.
+   * Records the given value to this value recorder.
    */
   record(value: number, labels?: Labels): void;
 
diff --git a/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts b/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts
index dcd6a5dea1..eed8c4e9bf 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import {
   UnboundMetric,
   Labels,
   Counter,
-  Measure,
+  ValueRecorder,
   Observer,
 } from './Metric';
-import { BoundMeasure, BoundCounter } from './BoundInstrument';
+import { BoundValueRecorder, BoundCounter } from './BoundInstrument';
 import { CorrelationContext } from '../correlation_context/CorrelationContext';
 import { SpanContext } from '../trace/span_context';
 import { ObserverResult } from './ObserverResult';
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ export class NoopMeter implements Meter {
   constructor() {}
 
   /**
-   * Returns constant noop measure.
+   * Returns constant noop value recorder.
    * @param name the name of the metric.
    * @param [options] the metric options.
    */
-  createMeasure(name: string, options?: MetricOptions): Measure {
-    return NOOP_MEASURE_METRIC;
+  createValueRecorder(name: string, options?: MetricOptions): ValueRecorder {
+    return NOOP_VALUE_RECORDER_METRIC;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ export class NoopCounterMetric extends NoopMetric<BoundCounter>
   }
 }
 
-export class NoopMeasureMetric extends NoopMetric<BoundMeasure>
-  implements Measure {
+export class NoopValueRecorderMetric extends NoopMetric<BoundValueRecorder>
+  implements ValueRecorder {
   record(
     value: number,
     labels: Labels,
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export class NoopBoundCounter implements BoundCounter {
   }
 }
 
-export class NoopBoundMeasure implements BoundMeasure {
+export class NoopBoundValueRecorder implements BoundValueRecorder {
   record(
     value: number,
     correlationContext?: CorrelationContext,
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ export const NOOP_METER = new NoopMeter();
 export const NOOP_BOUND_COUNTER = new NoopBoundCounter();
 export const NOOP_COUNTER_METRIC = new NoopCounterMetric(NOOP_BOUND_COUNTER);
 
-export const NOOP_BOUND_MEASURE = new NoopBoundMeasure();
-export const NOOP_MEASURE_METRIC = new NoopMeasureMetric(NOOP_BOUND_MEASURE);
+export const NOOP_BOUND_VALUE_RECORDER = new NoopBoundValueRecorder();
+export const NOOP_VALUE_RECORDER_METRIC = new NoopValueRecorderMetric(
+  NOOP_BOUND_VALUE_RECORDER
+);
 
 export const NOOP_OBSERVER_METRIC = new NoopObserverMetric();
diff --git a/api/test/noop-implementations/noop-meter.test.ts b/api/test/noop-implementations/noop-meter.test.ts
index 7b86f5d59d..8738708eba 100644
--- a/api/test/noop-implementations/noop-meter.test.ts
+++ b/api/test/noop-implementations/noop-meter.test.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
   NoopMeterProvider,
   NOOP_BOUND_COUNTER,
-  NOOP_BOUND_MEASURE,
+  NOOP_BOUND_VALUE_RECORDER,
   NOOP_COUNTER_METRIC,
-  NOOP_MEASURE_METRIC,
+  NOOP_VALUE_RECORDER_METRIC,
 } from '../../src';
 
 describe('NoopMeter', () => {
@@ -38,20 +38,23 @@ describe('NoopMeter', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(counter.bind(labels), NOOP_BOUND_COUNTER);
     counter.clear();
 
-    const measure = meter.createMeasure('some-name');
-    measure.bind(labels).record(1);
+    const valueRecorder = meter.createValueRecorder('some-name');
+    valueRecorder.bind(labels).record(1);
 
     // ensure the correct noop const is returned
-    assert.strictEqual(measure, NOOP_MEASURE_METRIC);
-    assert.strictEqual(measure.bind(labels), NOOP_BOUND_MEASURE);
+    assert.strictEqual(valueRecorder, NOOP_VALUE_RECORDER_METRIC);
+    assert.strictEqual(valueRecorder.bind(labels), NOOP_BOUND_VALUE_RECORDER);
 
     const options = {
       component: 'tests',
       description: 'the testing package',
     };
 
-    const measureWithOptions = meter.createMeasure('some-name', options);
-    assert.strictEqual(measureWithOptions, NOOP_MEASURE_METRIC);
+    const valueRecorderWithOptions = meter.createValueRecorder(
+      'some-name',
+      options
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(valueRecorderWithOptions, NOOP_VALUE_RECORDER_METRIC);
     const counterWithOptions = meter.createCounter('some-name', options);
     assert.strictEqual(counterWithOptions, NOOP_COUNTER_METRIC);
   });