Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.
- adjective a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the larva of any geometrid moth. They are so called because they move by a process in which they first pull the rear legs forward toward their front legs, forming a loop which resembles the process of measuring with a tape measure. The motion is completed by subsequently moving the front legs forward to an advanced position. See
Geometrid .
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- verb Present participle of
measure .
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- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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Examples
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Hooton had made his name measuring the heads of criminals.
WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR? VINCE STATEN 2003
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Robert Shiller of Yale made his name measuring "real" P/Es based on a 10-year moving average of earnings and noting how booms bust when the ratio gets too high.
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With very little research and effort put into establishing a baseline, this, for me, is a good indicator that there's no true interest in measuring the impact.
Rahim Kanani: Measuring Human Rights: An In-depth Discussion with Andrea Rossi of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Rahim Kanani 2010
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Yes, but averages and the "trend estimate" numbers we publish assume that most of the variation, whether based the errors involved in measuring a sample rather than the entire population, or based on subjective survey design decisions that pollsters make, from question wording to identifying the likely electorate, is random.
Could The Polls In Election 2010 Be Wrong? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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With very little research and effort put into establishing a baseline, this, for me, is a good indicator that there's no true interest in measuring the impact.
Rahim Kanani: Measuring Human Rights: An In-depth Discussion with Andrea Rossi of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Rahim Kanani 2010
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With very little research and effort put into establishing a baseline, this, for me, is a good indicator that there's no true interest in measuring the impact.
Rahim Kanani: Measuring Human Rights: An In-depth Discussion with Andrea Rossi of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Rahim Kanani 2010
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Yes, but averages and the "trend estimate" numbers we publish assume that most of the variation, whether based the errors involved in measuring a sample rather than the entire population, or based on subjective survey design decisions that pollsters make, from question wording to identifying the likely electorate, is random.
Could The Polls In Election 2010 Be Wrong? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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With very little research and effort put into establishing a baseline, this, for me, is a good indicator that there's no true interest in measuring the impact.
Rahim Kanani: Measuring Human Rights: An In-depth Discussion with Andrea Rossi of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Rahim Kanani 2010
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Yes, but averages and the "trend estimate" numbers we publish assume that most of the variation, whether based the errors involved in measuring a sample rather than the entire population, or based on subjective survey design decisions that pollsters make, from question wording to identifying the likely electorate, is random.
Could The Polls In Election 2010 Be Wrong? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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With very little research and effort put into establishing a baseline, this, for me, is a good indicator that there's no true interest in measuring the impact.
Rahim Kanani: Measuring Human Rights: An In-depth Discussion with Andrea Rossi of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Rahim Kanani 2010
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