Definition of measure

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Measure (n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance..

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Enormity :: Enormity (n.) The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous..
Sack :: Sack (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels..
Load :: Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters..
Dynamometrical :: Dynamometrical (a.) Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments..
Partly :: Partly (adv.) In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.
Rod :: Rod (n.) A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object..
Megadyne :: Megadyne (n.) One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes..
Gauged :: Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge..
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..
Bishop''s Length :: Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.
Core :: Core (n.) A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
Photometry :: Photometry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.
Assert :: Assert (v. t.) To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties..
Eudiometer :: Eudiometer (n.) An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.
Fanega :: Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land..
Trochaic :: Trochaic (n.) A trochaic verse or measure.
Metage :: Metage (v.) Measurement, especially of coal..
Roussette :: Roussette (n.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings..
Coal-meter :: Coal-meter (n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.
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