measurement measuring measure mensuration | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, the measurements were carefully done, his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
caisson ammunition chest | a chest to hold ammunition |
cedar chest | a chest made of cedar |
chest | box with a lid, used for storage, usually large and sturdy |
chest of drawers chest bureau dresser | furniture with drawers for keeping clothes |
chest protector | protective garment consisting of a pad worn in baseball by catchers and by football players |
cooler ice chest | a refrigerator for cooling liquids |
hope chest wedding chest | chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage |
medicine chest medicine cabinet | cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries |
pyx pix pyx chest pix chest | a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay |
sea chest | a sailor's storage chest for personal property |
slop chest | commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew |
steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
tea chest | chest for storing or transporting tea |
toolbox tool chest tool cabinet tool case | a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools |
toy box toy chest | chest for storage of toys |
treasure chest | a chest filled with valuables |
chest register chest voice chest tone | the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing |
width breadth | the extent of something from side to side |
female chest bust | the chest of a woman |
male chest | the chest of a man |
thorax chest pectus | the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
chest cavity thoracic cavity | the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart |
breast chest | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen, he beat his breast in anger |
typewriter font constant-width font fixed-width font monospaced font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) |
community chest | a charity supported by individual subscriptions, defrays the demands on a community for social welfare |
war chest | a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign) |
system of measurement metric | a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic |
unit of measurement unit | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange, the dollar is the United States unit of currency, a unit of wheat is a bushel, change per unit volume |
scale scale of measurement graduated table ordered series | an ordered reference standard, judging on a scale of to |
gauge standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
chest pain | pain in the chest |