how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | a step in walking or running |
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | the relative speed of progress or change |
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride |
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | the distance covered by a step |
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | the rate of moving (especially walking or running) |
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | the rate of some repeating event |
(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 | |