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Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make..

Rash :: Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander..

Moment :: Moment (n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis..

Intensity :: Intensity (n.) The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch..

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds..

Argue :: Argue (v. i.) To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason..

Acidimetry :: Acidimetry (n.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required..

Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company..

Model :: Model (n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.

Ordinate :: Ordinate (n.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured..

Degree :: Degree (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree..

Milligramme :: Milligramme (n.) A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system..

Commensurately :: Commensurately (adv.) With equal measure or extent.

Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..

Injudicious :: Injudicious (a.) Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure..

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..

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..

Alnager :: Alnager (n.) A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal..

Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing..

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