how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | the means whereby some act is accomplished |
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | a device that requires skill for proper use |
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds |
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process |
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | a person used by another to gain an end |
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | |
a statute in draft before it becomes law | |
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | |