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Peck :: Peck (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat..

Urn :: Urn (n.) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..

Curtate :: Curtate (a.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic..

Intercolumniation :: Intercolumniation (n.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts..

Exceeding :: Exceeding (a.) More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless.

Overhang :: Overhang (n.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet..

Unit :: Unit (n.) Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind..

Commensurable :: Commensurable (a.) Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure..

Strident :: Stride (n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride..

Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..

Sextile :: Sextile (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.

Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..

Overmeasure :: Overmeasure (n.) Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Hematinometric :: Hematinometric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids..

Omer :: Omer (n.) A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah..

Beat :: Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit..

Quadrantal :: Quadrantal (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure..

Prepare :: Prepare (v. i.) To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death..

Diaphemetric :: Diaphemetric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses..

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