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M0182200 (mĕzh′ər)n.1. a. A reference standard or sample used for the quantitative comparison of properties: The standard kilogram is maintained as a measure of mass.b. A unit specified by a scale, such as an inch, or by variable conditions, such as a day's march.c. A system of measurement, such as the metric system.d. The dimensions, quantity, or capacity of something as ascertained by comparison with a standard: curtains made to measure; took his measure for the suit jacket.e. A device used for measuring.f. The act of measuring: By measure the picture was four feet tall.2. An evaluation or a basis of comparison: "the final measure of the worth of a society" (Joseph Wood Krutch).3. Extent or degree: The problem was in large measure caused by his carelessness.4. a. A definite quantity that has been measured out: a measure of wine.b. A fitting amount: a measure of recognition.c. A limited amount or degree: a measure of goodwill.5. a. Limit; bounds: generosity knowing no measure.b. Appropriate restraint; moderation: "The union of ... fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal" (William James).6. a. An action taken as a means to an end; an expedient: measures taken to improve energy efficiency. b. A law or ballot initiative adopted by a legislature as a remedy for a problem.7. a. Poetic meter.b. Music The metric unit between two bars on the staff; a bar.v. meas·ured, meas·ur·ing, meas·ures v.tr.1. a. To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of: measured the height of the ceiling.b. To mark, lay out, or establish dimensions for by measuring: measure off an area.c. To mark off or apportion, usually with reference to a given unit of measurement: measure out a pint of milk.d. To allot or distribute as if by measuring; mete: The revolutionary tribunal measured out harsh justice.2. a. To estimate by evaluation or comparison: "I gave them an account ... of the situation as far as I could measure it" (Winston S. Churchill).b. To bring into comparison: She measured her power with that of a dangerous adversary.3. To serve as a measure of: The inch measures length.4. To consider or choose with care; weigh: He measures his words with caution.5. Archaic To travel over: "We must measure twenty miles today" (Shakespeare).v.intr.1. To be of a specific measurement: The room measures 12 by 20 feet.2. To take a measurement.3. To allow of measurement: White sugar measures more easily than brown.Phrasal Verb: measure up1. To be the equal of something; have similar quality.2. To have the necessary qualifications: a candidate who just didn't measure up.Idioms: beyond measure1. In excess.2. Without limit. for good measure In addition to the required amount.in a/some measure To a degree: The new law was in a measure harmful.

[Middle English, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra, from mēnsus, past participle of mētīrī, to measure; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]

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measuring

(ˈmɛʒərɪŋ) na. the act or process of taking measurementsb. (as modifier): a measuring jug; measuring tape.

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cord - An amount of wood containing 128 cubic feet (4x4x8 feet); the name comes from the old practice of measuring a stack of firewood with a cord of a certain length. To cord is to stack or put up wood in cords.
drosometer - An instrument for measuring the amount of dew on a surface.
isometric - From Latin isus, "equal," and -metria, "measuring."
Mach - The scale measuring the speed of an object or fluid relative to the speed of sound is named for philosopher/physicist Ernst Mach (1838-1916), who researched thermodynamics; Mach is the ratio of the speed of something to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.

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measuring - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"measurement, mensuration, measureactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"seismography - the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakesquantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis - chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substanceactinometry - measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)algometry - measuring sensitivity to pain or pressureanemography - recording anemometrical measurementsanemometry - measuring wind speed and directionangulation - the precise measurement of anglesanthropometry - measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacitiesarterial blood gases - measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseasesaudiometry - measuring sensitivity of hearingbathymetry, plumbing - measuring the depths of the oceanscalorimetry - measurement of quantities of heatcephalometry - measurement of human headsdensitometry - measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmissiondosimetry - measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive sourcefetometry, foetometry - measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)gravimetry, hydrometry - the measurement of specific gravityhypsometry, hypsography - measurement of the elevation of land above sea levelmental measurement - a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functionsmicrometry - measuring with a micrometerobservation - the act of making and recording a measurementpelvimetry - measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)photometry - measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)quantification - the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of somethingradioactive dating - measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the objectmeter reading, reading - the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"sampling - measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)sound ranging - locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positionsscaling - act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scalespirometry - the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacitysurveying - the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college"telemetry - automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other meansthermometry - the measurement of temperaturethermogravimetry - the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substancestonometry - the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the corneaviscometry, viscosimetry - the measurement of viscosity

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noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

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