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Altitude
noun · 78% connection
The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Astrometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Commensurable
adjective · 78% connection
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Control
verb · 78% connection
check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Criterion
noun · 78% connection
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Finger
noun · 78% connection
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Gauge
noun · 78% connection
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Heterodoxy
noun · 78% connection
An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or stan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
League
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Length
adjective · 78% connection
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Leucoscope
noun · 78% connection
An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Long
superl. · 78% connection
Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Mass-energy equivalence
noun · 78% connection
(physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of ener…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Measure
verb · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
