Definition of measure

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

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Sanitation :: Sanitation (n.) The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.
March :: March (n.) Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement..
Cortes :: Cortes (n. pl.) The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain..
Overmeasure :: Overmeasure (n.) Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.
Tenthmetre :: Tenthmetre (n.) A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter..
Time :: Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof..
Equality :: Equality (n.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does..
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To constitute; to measure.
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..
Proceeding :: Proceeding (n.) The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding..
Heap :: Heap (v. t.) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full..
Commensurate :: Commensurate (a.) Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
Spectrometer :: Spectrometer (n.) A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
Preliminary :: Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions..
Injudicious :: Injudicious (a.) Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
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..
Caucus :: Caucus (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting..
Anglemeter :: Anglemeter (n.) An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata..
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