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acre |
a standard unit of area used to measure land. |
admeasure |
to measure out or distribute shares of; apportion. |
amount |
measure; quantity. |
anapest |
a measure of poetic meter consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. |
anemograph |
an instrument used to measure and record the speed of the wind. |
apothecaries' measure |
a system of fluid measure used to dispense liquid drugs. |
aptitude test |
a test intended to measure the probable ability of an untrained person to perform well in a particular job or course of study. |
as1 |
in equal measure; to the same extent. [1/7 definitions] |
assess |
to examine and try to discover the extent, quality, or nature of; evaluate; measure. [1/3 definitions] |
backbeat |
a primary accent on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure, common in popular music; secondary beat. |
bar1 |
a vertical line that marks the beginning or end of a measure of music, or the music between two of these lines. [1/10 definitions] |
barleycorn |
an obsolete measure, equal to the width of a single grain of barley, or about one-third inch. [1/2 definitions] |
basis point |
a unit equal to one hundredth of one percent, used in economics and finance to measure exchange rates, interest rates, and the like. |
batting average |
a measure of a baseball player's batting ability computed by dividing the total number of base hits by the number of official times at bat. [1/2 definitions] |
bd. ft. |
abbreviation of "board foot," or "board feet," a unit of measure for lumber, equal to one foot square and one inch thick. |
board foot |
a unit of measure for lumber, equal to one foot square and one inch thick. |
bushel1 |
in the US, a unit of measure equal to 4 pecks or 32 quarts, used for measuring grain and other dry products. [2 definitions] |
by |
according to a unit of measure. [1/8 definitions] |
cab2 |
a Hebrew unit of measure equal to roughly two quarts. |
caliper |
(usu. pl.) an instrument usu. having two hinged, curved legs and used to measure inner or outer dimensions, thicknesses, and distances between surfaces. [2/3 definitions] |
chance |
a measure of how likely it is that a thing will happen; probability. [1/8 definitions] |
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