Measure (Noun)
Meaning 1
A container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Meaning 2
Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Calorimetry
- Micrometry
- Hypsography
- Reading
- Viscometry
- Anemography
- Scaling
- Dosimetry
- Radioactive Dating
- Thermogravimetry
- Algometry
- Anthropometry
- Cephalometry
- Viscosimetry
- Mental Measurement
- Telemetry
- Plumbing
- Spirometry
- Bathymetry
- Sampling
- Quantification
- Quantitative Chemical Analysis
- Actinometry
- Photometry
- Sounding
- Meter Reading
- Audiometry
- Observation
- Hypsometry
- Hydrometry
- Surveying
- Pelvimetry
- Tonometry
- Arterial Blood Gases
- Gravimetry
- Sound Ranging
- Quantitative Analysis
- Thermometry
- Seismography
- Angulation
- Fetometry
- Foetometry
- Anemometry
- Densitometry
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Meaning 6
How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.
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Unique beginner for nouns.
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- Interval
- Chance
- Point In Time
- Magnetisation
- Fundamental Measure
- Unit Of Time
- Metric
- Octane Rating
- Economic Value
- Period Of Play
- Play
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Meaning 7
A statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 8
A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 9
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.