Measure
(n.) A standard of dimension |
Measure
(n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like. |
Measure
(n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard |
Measure
(n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured |
Measure
(n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds |
Measure
(n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded |
Measure
(n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling |
Measure
(n.) Undefined quantity |
Measure
(n.) Regulated division of movement |
Measure
(n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed |
Measure
(n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. |
Measure
(n.) The space between two bars. |
Measure
(a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables |
Measure
(a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder |
Measure
(a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy |
Measure
(a.) The act of measuring |
Measure
(a.) Beds or strata |
Measure
(n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument |
Measure
(n.) To serve as the measure of |
Measure
(n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance. |
Measure
(n.) To adjust by a rule or standard. |
Measure
(n.) To allot or distribute by measure |
Measure
(v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements. |
Measure
(v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring |
Measure
(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 |
Square
(n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure. |
Square
(n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles. |
Square
(n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so |
Square
(n.) A square piece or fragment. |
Square
(n.) A pane of glass. |
Square
(n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square |
Square
(n.) One hundred superficial feet. |
Square
(n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side |
Square
(n.) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc. |
Square
(n.) Hence, a pattern or rule. |
Square
(n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself |
Square
(n.) Exact proportion |
Square
(n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry |
Square
(n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement |
Square
(n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other |
Square
(n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling |
Square
(n.) The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. |
Square
(a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles |
Square
(a.) Forming a right angle |
Square
(a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines |
Square
(a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent |
Square
(a.) Rendering equal justice |
Square
(a.) Even |
Square
(a.) Leaving nothing |
Square
(a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon |
measure
quantity
amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
| measure step | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal, the situation called for strong measures, the police took steps to reduce crime |
| desperate measure | desperate actions taken as a means to an end, he had to resort to desperate measures |
square dance
square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
security
security measures | measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc., military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising |
| square-bashing | drill on a barracks square |
defense
defence
defensive measure | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies, they died in the defense of Stalingrad, they were developed for the defense program |
electronic warfare-support measures
ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
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 |
bearded seal
squareflipper square flipper
Erignathus barbatus | medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle, of the Arctic Ocean |
agora
public square | a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece |
annulet bandelet
bandelette
bandlet
square and rabbet | molding in the form of a ring, at top of a column |
bevel
bevel square | a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size |
| carpenter's square | a steel square used by carpenters, larger than a try square |
cube
square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
| measure | a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance |
measuring stick
measure
measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
open-air market
open-air marketplace
market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
security system
security measure
security | an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in |
| set square | a try square with an adjustable sliding head |
| square | a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles, used to construct or test right angles, the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square |
| square | any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles, a checkerboard has squares |
| square knot | a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords |
| square nut | nut with a square shape |
| square sail | a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast |
tape tapeline
tape measure | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths, the carpenter should have used his tape measure |
| try square | a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece |
| T-square | a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines |
yardstick
yard measure | a ruler or tape that is three feet long |
eigenvalue
eigenvalue of a matrix
eigenvalue of a square matrix
characteristic root of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant |
| bill measure | a statute in draft before it becomes law, they held a public hearing on the bill |
word square
acrostic | a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across |
bracket
square bracket | either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material |
measure
bar | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats, the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song |
| square-dance music | music performed for square dancing |
meter
metre
measure beat cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
common measure
common meter | the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad |
standard
criterion
measure touchstone | a basis for comparison, a reference point against which other things can be evaluated, the schools comply with federal standards, they set the measure for all subsequent work |
fair deal
square deal | fair treatment |
| square meal | a substantial and nourishing meal, he seldom got three square meals a day |
| square matrix | a matrix with the same number of rows and columns |
| Latin square | a square matrix ofrows and columns, cells containdifferent symbols so arranged that no symbol occurs more than once in any row or column |
| magic square | a square matrix ofrows and columns, the first n^ integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same |
| Trafalgar Square | a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson |
public square
square | an open area at the meeting of two or more streets |
| Times Square | the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, heart of the New York theater district, site of annual celebration of New Year's |
knight banneret
knight of the square flag
banneret | a knight honored for valor, entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command |
| square dancer | someone who does square dancing |
square shooter
straight shooter
straight arrow | a frank and honest person |
square
square toes | a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views |