Definition of measure

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Measure (n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like..

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Load :: Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters..
Perimetry :: Perimetry (n.) The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision.
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth..
Initiative :: Initiative (n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives..
Cess :: Cess (n.) Bound; measure.
Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.
Aleconner :: Aleconner (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.].
Measurer :: Measurer (n.) One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.
Micrometer :: Micrometer (n.) An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass..
Commensurate :: Commensurate (a.) Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities..
Trimeter :: Trimeter (n.) A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures..
Pneumometry :: Pneumometry (n.) Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.
Stadium :: Stadium (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia..
Water Clock :: Water clock () An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra..
Precaution :: Precaution (n.) A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident..
Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men..
Megavolt :: Megavolt (n.) One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts..
Yardstick :: Yardstick (n.) A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc..
Canicular :: Canicular (a.) Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star..
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