Associations to the word «Measuring»

Wiktionary

MEASURING, verb. Present participle of measure
MEASURING, noun. Act of measurement.
MEASURING CUP, noun. A kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients.
MEASURING JUG, noun. A wide mouthed jug, normally of glass, with graduations up the side, for measuring liquids.
MEASURING ROD, noun. A graduated staff, typically having alternate black and white sections, used (along with a theodolite) in surveying
MEASURING TAPE, noun. A tape with marks at regular intervals, used for measuring lengths.
MEASURING WORM, noun. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
MEASURING WORMS, noun. Plural of measuring worm

Dictionary definition

MEASURING, noun. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates