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Altitude
noun · 78% connection
Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level…
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
The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
A grain or "corn" of barley.
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
noun · 78% connection
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Criterion
noun · 78% connection
A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming…
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
One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
Gauge
verb · 78% connection
To measure or determine with a gauge.
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
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
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 longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest…
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
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…
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
noun · 78% connection
A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, machine, comparing, anything, measured.
