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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
2. An act of measuring.
3. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
4. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
5. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
6. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
7. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
8. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
9. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
10. The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
11. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

Verbit

1. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
2. (transitive) To estimate.
3. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
4. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
5. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
6. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.