Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Determined by measurement.
- adjective Careful; restrained.
- adjective Calculated; deliberate.
- adjective Regular in rhythm and number.
- adjective Slow and stately.
- adjective Written in meter.
- adjective Music Mensural.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Definitely ascertained or determined by measurement or rule; set off or laid down by measurement; adjusted or proportioned by rule.
- Characterized by uniformity of movement or rhythm; rhythmical; stately; formal; deliberate : as, to walk with measured tread.
- Limited or restricted; within bounds; moderate: as, to speak in no measured terms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That has been
determined bymeasurement . - adjective
Deliberate butrestrained . - adjective of poetry, etc.
Rhythmically written inmeter ;metrical . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
measure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
- adjective carefully thought out in advance
- adjective having notes of fixed rhythmic value
- adjective unhurried and with care and dignity
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Examples
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The tag measured all the sounds heard by the whales and their subsequent swimming movements.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The last Concordia president to hang on to the job for a term measured in years rather than months has returned to take the helm of the university.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LES PERREAUX 2011
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The last Concordia president to hang on to the job for a term measured in years rather than months has returned to take the helm of the university.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LES PERREAUX 2011
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By claiming he had already been sentenced, and to a term measured in days not months, the defense tried to make it appear that Polanski wasn't eligible for extradition.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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While given tastes at times, these scenes always come to the audience in measured doses, as if the producers are afraid too much of the good stuff will paralyze the public into a coma of suspended awesome-shock.
Top 10 Movies Ruined by a Female Presence » Scene-Stealers 2009
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(What should be measured is not total number of blogs, but number of “active” blogs – those that have been alive for more than x months and on which postings are made every y days – there are far, far fewer of these “sustained” blogs.)
Magazines Maxine 2009
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That bruin measured 19 & 13/16, made the record book and after two years of waiting, he is suppose to be fully mounted and in my basement this weekend.
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So, I suspect that the amounts of gases measured from the free-ranging ungulates would vary across seasons with the lowest production in the Spring since the leaves would be young, less fibrous, and more nutritious.
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That bruin measured 19 & 13/16, made the record book and after two years of waiting, he is suppose to be fully mounted and in my basement this weekend.
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Of your own design, you marched backward in measured retreat.
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