| 单词 | system of measurement |
| 释义 | system of measurement (once / 218877 pages) n WORD FAMILY system of measurement: systems of measurement USAGE EXAMPLESThe American Academy of Pediatrics supports a metric-only system of measurement for liquid children’s medications. Wall Street Journal(Oct 17, 2016) The word “science” as it is commonly used refers narrowly to complex, specialized, and mechanistic systems of measurement to understand what we call reality. Salon(Oct 09, 2016) As for "your college educated friends" who have no clue about metric systems of measurement -- that's ridiculous and appalling. New York Times(May 21, 2016) n a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic Syn|Hypo|Hyper metric criterion, measure, standard, touchstone a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated system of weights and measuressystem of measurement for length and weight and duration point systema system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point information measurea system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information utility(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice Brix scalea system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions circular measuremeasurement of angles in radians board measurea system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot Beaufort scalea scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind system of weights, weighta system of units used to express the weight of something temperature scalea system of measuring temperature entropy, information, selective information(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome benchmarka standard by which something can be measured or judged ERA, earned run average(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched GPA, grade point averagea measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted procrustean bed, procrustean rule, procrustean standarda standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality yardsticka measure or standard used for comparison medium of exchange, monetary systemanything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region British Imperial System, British system, English systema system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint metric systema decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second United States Customary Systemthe system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system bandwidtha data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel baud, baud rate(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems marginal utility(economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service avoirdupois, avoirdupois weighta system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) troy, troy weighta system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurementan ordered reference standard Celsius scale, centigrade scale, international scalea temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees Fahrenheit scalea temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees Kelvin scale, absolute scalea temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees Rankine scalea scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees Reaumur scalea temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees gauge, standard of measurementaccepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared baselinean imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared norma standard or model or pattern regarded as typical amount, measure, quantity how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
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