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(transitive) To measure.
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(chemistry, biotechnology, transitive, informal) To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots.
n
A duty paid for such measurement.
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The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
n
A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To measure.
n
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
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To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
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(transitive) To use calipers to measure the size of.
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(computing) To compute the convolution function
n
(manufacturing) A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
n
A device or system that produces decorrelation
v
(transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
n
The measured amount so administered or added; the dose.
n
A unit of volume used in measuring dry commodities (e.g. grain or fruit).
v
To measure a depth; to sound.
n
a self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect
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(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
adj
(computing) Done using hardware acceleration.
v
(transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
v
(transitive) To apply measuring devices.
v
(transitive) To measure.
adv
With a looping pattern or motion.
n
Abbreviation of measurement. [The act of measuring.]
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A quantity, object, or property intended to be measured.
n
An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
v
To measure something (such as wood, fabric etc), prior to marking or cutting it
v
To fall or be thrown down at full length.
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to measure an amount or quantity or size that is needed or wanted, to mark the dimensions of something.
adv
So as to measure or evaluate.
v
(military) To measure accurately and precisely the position of an object. Not to be confused with refinement.
n
The act or process of measuring; measurement.
v
(transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
adj
(obsolete) According to measure or proportion.
v
To measure with a metering device.
v
(transitive, aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
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To express physical quantities using the metric system.
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(transitive) To exceed in quantity or extent.
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To make a measurement by counting the number of equally spaced steps.
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To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
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(geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
v
(transitive) To measure in qualitative terms.
v
To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
v
(transitive) To measure the quantity of, especially with high accuracy and taking uncertainty into account, as in quantitative analysis.
n
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
n
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
adj
(physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
n
A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
v
To constitute; to measure.
v
(transitive, mathematics) To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.
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(sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
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A measured amount (volume) of a sample being used in a test.
n
A piece of material used as a sample in mechanical testing.
n
Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; a unit of measure.
v
(transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate an instrument scale to valid zero.
v
(nonstandard) To set, reset, or initialize something (especially a variable or parameter) to zero.
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