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Ton :: Ton (n.) A measure of weight or quantity.

Deliberation :: Deliberation (n.) Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council..

Drop :: Drop (n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water..

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..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

Coulomb :: Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber..

Hectometre :: Hectometre (n.) A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet..

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..

Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A measure of two Winchester bushels.

Footbreadth :: Footbreadth (n.) The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure.

Incommensurate :: Incommensurate (a.) Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants..

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..

Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured..

Extent :: Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.

Trimeter :: Trimeter (a.) Consisting of three poetical measures.

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..

After-note :: After-note (n.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note..

Incommensurate :: Incommensurate (a.) Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

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..

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