Definition of measure

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of measure is as below...

Measure (n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion..

Lern More About Measure

Drop :: Drop (n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops..
Easting :: Easting (n.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
Li :: Li (n.) A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile..
Dynam :: Dynam (n.) A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.
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..
Pursue :: Pursue (v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law..
Massage :: Massage (n.) A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure..
Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive..
Ferding :: Ferding (n.) A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.
Model :: Model (n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
Politics :: Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery..
Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..
Geodesy :: Geodesy (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast..
Trochaic :: Trochaic (n.) A trochaic verse or measure.
Actinometry :: Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
Volumetric :: Volumetric (a.) Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume.
Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure..
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense..
C :: C () C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written /..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us