Look up: Measure

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   measure
   [Noun] Plural form: measures. Steps or a course of action
   Example: I took measures to improve the attendance rate of my Numeracy students by sending letters home to their parents.
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   measure
   [n] - musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats 2. [n] - any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal 3. [n] - how much there is of something that you can measure 4. [v] - have certain dimensions 5. [v] - place a value on 6. [v] - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
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   Measure
   The grouping of a number of beats in music.
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   Measure
   the distance between the fencers
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   Measure
   Width of a column of text. Usually, it is best that a column is no more than 12 or 13 words wide, otherwise the eye can have difficulty tracking back to find the start of the next line. Expressed in pica ems.
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   measure
   (testing) To ascertain or appraise by comparing to a standard; to apply a metric. (1996-12-27)
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   measure
   a horizontal dimension within which the columns or pages of text are set in lines Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • in set theory,that particular property of a set which denotes how many objects are contained in that set Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   Measure
   Definition (undergraduate level) A measure is a property of certain sets. For a collection of subsets A i , a measure m is a function m : { A i } → R + ∪ { + ∞ } , with the following properties:<br /> m ( ∅ ) = 0 ; <br /> If all of { A i n } are disjoint, then m ( ⋃ n A i n ) = ∑ n m ( A i n ) . ...
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   Measure
   Meas'ure (mĕzh'ur; 135) noun [ Middle English mesure , French mesure , Latin mensura , from metiri , mensus , to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Greek me`tron , English meter . Confer Immense , Mensuration , Mete to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; ...
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    Measure
    Meas'ure transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Measured ; present participle & verbal noun Measuring .] [ French mesurer , Latin mensurare . See Measure , noun ] 1. To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or c ...
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    Measure
    Meas'ure intransitive verb 1. To make a measurement or measurements. 2. To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally. 3. 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 ...
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    measure
    1. To make a measurement or measurements. ... 2. To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally. ... 3. 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 meas ...
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    measure
    quantity noun how much there is of something that you can quantify
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    measure
    bar noun musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; `the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song`
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    measure
    valuate verb place a value on; judge the worth of something; `I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional`
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    Measure
    `Measure` can mean: * Measurement, the process of estimating an object's magnitude relative to some unit of measurement * Measure (mathematics), a way to assign non-negative real numbers to subsets * Measure (physics), a way to integrate over all possible histories of a system in quantum field theory * Bar (music) or measure is a unit of time in Western music representing a regular grouping of beats * Bill (proposed law) or proposed measure, or,...
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    measure
    A noun, in the mathematical language of measure theory: a measure is a function from sets to the real line. Probability is a common kind of measure in economic models. Other measures are the counting measure, which is the number of elements in the set, the length measure, the area measure, and the volume measure. Length, area, and volume are define...
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    measure
    (mezh´әr) to determine the amount or extent of something. a specific amount or extent of something. a graduated scale by which the size or shape of something can be determined.
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    • (n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount. • (n.) The space between two bars. • (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard. • (n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree. • (a.) The act of measuring; measurement. • (n.) The dimension...
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    measure
    (from the article `rhythm`) ...music such grouping is achieved by actual stress; i.e., by periodically making one note stronger than the others. When the stress occurs at ...
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    measure
    in mathematics, generalization of the concepts of length and area to arbitrary sets of points not composed of intervals or rectangles. Abstractly, a ... [1 related articles]
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    measure
    The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement. [ISO 14598].…
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    measure
    a function or a quantity used to describe a random variable or a random process NOTE - For a random variable, examples of measures are the distribution function and the mean.
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    measure
    to perform actions for quantitative comparison of a measured value with a unit
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    measure
    A way of gauging how big something is – in terms of length, volume, or some other quality. One of the strangest facts in mathematics is that some objects exist that can't be measured. In the language of sets, the basic rules (somewhat simplified) of mathematical measures are as follows: (1) th...
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