how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale |
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | the act of arranging in a graduated series |
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | ascent by or as if by a ladder |
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | |
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | |
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | |
(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 | |