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meas·ured

(mĕzh′ərd)

adj.

1. Determined by measurement: The measured distance was less than a mile.

2. Careful; restrained: spoke in measured words.

3. Calculated; deliberate: with measured irony.

4. Regular in rhythm and number: "A clock struck slowly in the house with a measured, solemn chime" (Thomas Wolfe).

5. Slow and stately.

6. Written in meter.

7. Music Mensural.

meas′ured·ly adv.

meas′ured·ness n.

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measured

(ˈmɛʒəd)

adj

1. determined by measurement

2. slow, stately, or leisurely

3. carefully considered; deliberate

ˈmeasuredly adv

ˈmeasuredness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

meas•ured

(ˈmɛʒ ərd)

adj.

1. ascertained or apportioned by measure.

2. accurately regulated or proportioned.

3. regular or uniform, as in movement; rhythmical.

4. deliberate and restrained: measured terms.

[1350–1400]

meas′ured•ly, adv.

meas′ured•ness, n.

measured

Apgar score - A measure of a baby's well-being taking into consideration respiratory effort, skin color, heart rate, muscle tone, and sense of smell (named for American anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar).
datum line - The horizontal or base line, from which the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the plan of a railway, etc.
scantling - Means "measured or prescribed size" or a "set of standard dimensions."
military time - Time measured on a 24-hour scale of 0100-2400 hours.

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Adj.	1.	measured - having notes of fixed rhythmic value mensurable, mensural music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
	2.	measured - the rhythmic arrangement of syllables metric, metrical metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
	3.	measured - carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" calculated, deliberate intended - resulting from one's intentions; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult"
	4.	measured - unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" deliberate, careful unhurried - relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice"

measured

adjective

1. steady, even, slow, regular, dignified, stately, solemn, leisurely, sedate, unhurried They have to proceed at a measured pace.

2. considered, planned, reasoned, studied, calculated, deliberate, sober, premeditated, well-thought-out Her more measured approach will appeal to voters.

3. quantified, standard, exact, regulated, precise, gauged, verified, predetermined, modulated Is the difference in measured intelligence genetic or environmental?

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

measured

adjective

1. Careful and slow in acting, moving, or deciding:

deliberate, leisurely, unhurried.

2. Marked by a regular rhythm:

cadenced, metrical, rhythmic, rhythmical.

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measured

[ˈmeʒəd] ADJ [tread, pace] → acompasado; [tone, way of talking, statement] → mesurado, comedido

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But are you not measured, then, when you give an order?"

Without counting the time lost in being measured, the fashions are always changing."

In the first place, as you have said, to be measured is a loss of time, even though it occur only once a fortnight.

"I congratulated myself, then," resumed Porthos, "at seeing Mouston get fat; and I did all I could, by means of substantial feeding, to make him stout - always in the hope that he would come to equal myself in girth, and could then be measured in my stead."

"From that moment I determined to put Mouston in communication with my tailors, and to have him measured instead of myself."

They measured him down to the ground, and the end of the skirt came just below my knee."

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It is in length three GLOMGLUNGS (which make about fifty-four English miles,) and two and a half in breadth; as I measured it myself in the royal map made by the king's order, which was laid on the ground on purpose for me, and extended a hundred feet: I paced the diameter and circumference several times barefoot, and, computing by the scale, measured it pretty exactly.

I measured a little finger which had fallen down from one of these statues, and lay unperceived among some rubbish, and found it exactly four feet and an inch in length.

Paul's: for I measured the latter on purpose, after my return.

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'Now what can he want with it?' thought Big Klaus; and he smeared some tar at the bottom, so that of whatever was measured a little should remain in it.

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Other conclusions are: (a) the lowest, repeatable [I.sub.c] is not always the correct value, (b) overshoot or drift in the field can cause significant differences in the measured [I.sub.c] (c) a smooth sweep of field angles is needed to obtain reproducible results, (d) overshoot or variations in the temperature can change the measured [I.sub.c] and (e) similar hysteresis was observed at criteria of 0.1 [micro]V/cm and 1 [micro]V/cm.

Hysteresis in Transport Critical-Current Measurements of Oxide Superconductors

It was obvious to Mooney that his "viscometer" measured a mix of elements of different true viscosity.

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