Definition of measure

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Measure (n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat..

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Mete :: Mete (a.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure..
Definite :: Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval..
Twelfth-second :: Twelfth-second (n.) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles..
Stere :: Stere (n.) A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic yards..
Barometry :: Barometry (n.) The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
Cocket :: Cocket (n.) A measure for bread.
Ultra :: Ultra (a.) Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures..
Diagometer :: Diagometer (n.) A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power..
Aune :: Aune (n.) A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter..
Vat :: Vat (n.) A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States..
Strident :: Stride (n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride..
Hin :: Hin (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure..
Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness..
Alnage :: Alnage (n.) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement..
Coss :: Coss (n.) A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles..
Deliberation :: Deliberation (n.) Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council..
Actinometry :: Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
Metric :: Metric (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement..
Repressive :: Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures..
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