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A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel.
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The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
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A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
v. i.
To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
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The act of measuring; measurement.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Measure
a.
A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
n.
The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.
n.
One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.
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Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.
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Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.
n.
To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
v. i.
To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
n.
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
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Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
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Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.
imp. & p. p.
of Measure
n.
The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.
n.
To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
v. i.
To make a measurement or measurements.
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