(n.) A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
(n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
(n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
(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.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
(n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
(n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
(n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
(n.) Regulated division of movement
(n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
(n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
(n.) The space between two bars.
(a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
(a.) 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.
(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.
(a.) The act of measuring; measurement.
(a.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
(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.
(n.) To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
(n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
(n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
(n.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
(v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements.
(v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
(3) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(4) The measure destroyed the Justice Department’s plans to prosecute whatever Guantánamo detainees it could in federal courts.
(5) "We examined the reachability of social networking sites from our measurement infrastructure within Turkey, and found nothing unusual.
(6) However, when first trimester specimens were analyzed, the direct-product measurements were significantly larger than the corresponding 3H2O assay results.
(7) Activity of Na,K-ATPase activity was measured as a functional marker for synaptosomal membranes.
(8) Questionnaires were used and the respondent self-designation method measured leadership.
(9) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(10) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(11) Theoretical findings on sterilization and disinfection measures are useless for the dental practice if their efficiency is put into question due to insufficient consideration of the special conditions of dental treatment.
(12) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(13) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(14) Measurement of the intraspinal monoamine level revealed a decrease in the intraspinal norepinephrine level in the treated animals.
(15) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(16) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
(17) Although measurements are easily obtained with a tape measure, the validity of these measurements is not known.
(18) The goals in control patients were to attain normal values for all hemodynamic measurements.
(19) The fluctuations in [Ca2+]i measured with fura-2 were synchronized among the population of cells observed and were sensitive to extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o).
(20) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
Rarity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.
(n.) That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that, despite its rarity, adenocarcinomas must be included in the differential diagnosis of solid renal masses in early life.
(2) Diagnostic difficulties were encountered due to the rarity of such infections and elusive identification of the organism with routine laboratory procedures.
(3) It’s now worth £4.7bn – leaving Zonneveld as a City rarity who might actually know what he’s talking about.
(4) This case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis emphasizes the rarity of the disease and its exceptional diagnosis in infants which relies on the pulmonary pathologic study.
(5) Reviewing the literature showed the rarity of the germinoma at the brainstem location.
(6) Longevity analysis demonstrated elongation of life expectancy for kindred members, and there was an apparent rarity of premature cardiac events.
(7) The rarity of hepatic failure following treatment for Wilms' tumor raises the possibility of an increased susceptibility to toxic injury in the presence of AAT accumulation.
(8) We consider that the rarity of stricture rules out the necessity of any change in management, whether or not erosive oesophagitis is observed at endoscopy.
(9) Due to the rarity of this tumor, little information exists in the literature as to its natural history, efficacy of therapy and its pathological and radiological appearance.
(10) They know too that the charter has the backing of every party in parliament – a constitutional rarity.
(11) Unusual findings included the rarity of rose spots, patients with fever as their only symptom, two patients with transient papilledema, and two others with peripheral blood smears suggestive of acute leukemia.
(12) Primary malignant lymphoma located in the duodenum is a rarity.
(13) In referring to a personal observation the authors recall the rarity of malignant degeneration of lesions of the spine caused by Paget's disease.
(14) The rarity of this type of hernia, without a herniary sac and accompanied by the late appearance of respiratory symptomatology, is stressed.
(15) None had petit mal, confirming its rarity in the elderly.
(16) Factors that contribute to the continuing high mortality rate of rectal perforation are its rarity, the highly infectious character of faecal contamination of the abdominal cavity or perirectal tissue, and the fact that examination often reveals little or no external trauma.
(17) Low frequencies were observed in both sexes for cancers of the gastro-intestinal tract and of the respiratory organs; previous reports of the rarity of gastric cancer were confirmed.
(18) In this case report the rarity of the causing agent, Candida parapsilosis, and its endothrix growth is accentuated.
(19) Bob McCulloch, the St Louis County prosecutor who oversaw the state grand jury inquiry that looked into Brown’s death, insisted that discrimination by law enforcement was a rarity but said authorities must “weed it out”.
(20) After a review of the literature, the rarity of this association is stressed.