Definition of measure

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Measure (a.) The act of measuring; measurement.

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Lea :: Lea (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay..
Pedometrical :: Pedometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects..
Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
Aam :: Aam (n.) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4..
Sextile :: Sextile (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
Misurato :: Misurato (a.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
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..
Subcarboniferous :: Subcarboniferous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.
Dakir :: Dakir (n.) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs..
Cubited :: Cubited (a.) Having the measure of a cubit.
Corded :: Corded (a.) Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
Sounding :: Sounding (n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained..
Hemadynamometer :: Hemadynamometer (n.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..
Comparator :: Comparator (n.) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.
Dissuasive :: Dissuasive (a.) Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice..
Lap :: Lap (n.) That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing..
Mensural :: Mensural (a.) Of or pertaining to measure.
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