the act of preventing | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal |
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements |
a counter where you can obtain food or drink | a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance |
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats |
(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
a heating element in an electric fire | a statute in draft before it becomes law |
a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated |
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | |
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | |
the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction | |
a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore | |
(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter | |