Definition of measure

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Measure (n.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.

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Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..
Result :: Result (v. i.) To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil..
Excess :: Excess (n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light..
Lug :: Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch..
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Commeasurable :: Commeasurable (a.) Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
Poem :: Poem (n.) A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton..
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..
Remeasure :: Remeasure (v. t.) To measure again; to retrace.
Decametre :: Decametre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches..
Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures..
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To measure with the chain.
#NAME? :: -meter () A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer..
Cubited :: Cubited (a.) Having the measure of a cubit.
Quantity :: Quantity (n.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable..
Stang :: Stang (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch..
Dimension :: Dimension (n.) Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom..
Hyper- :: Hyper- () A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion..
Admeasurer :: Admeasurer (n.) One who admeasures.
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
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