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How :: How (adv.) To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality..

Line :: Line (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure..

Siciliano :: Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance..

Entropy :: Entropy (n.) A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic f

Hypercatalectic :: Hypercatalectic (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse..

Microcoulomb :: Microcoulomb (n.) A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.

Pyrometrical :: Pyrometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained by, the pyrometer; as, pyrometrical instruments; pyrometrical measurements..

Year :: Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext

Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of..

Northing :: Northing (n.) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing..

Octant :: Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O�, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant..

Anglemeter :: Anglemeter (n.) An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata..

Coudee :: Coudee (n.) A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

Cocket :: Cocket (n.) A measure for bread.

Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Authority :: Authority (n.) That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc..

Offset :: Offset (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object..

Metronomy :: Metronomy (n.) Measurement of time by an instrument.

Measure :: Measure (a.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures..

Comparator :: Comparator (n.) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

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