1. Controlled; not excessive
2. Determined by measurement
3. (Prosody) The rhythmic arrangement of syllables; SYN. metrical, metric.
Under restraint, marked by restraint; not excessive or extravagant.
1. Évaluation. Appareil de mesure.
2. Dose. Une mesure de farine.
3. Cadence. Danser en mesure.
4. Modération. Agir avec mesure.
5. Initiative.
6. Décision. Mesure administrative.
ETYM Old Eng. mesure, French mesure, Latin mensura, from metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Greek metron, Eng. meter. Related to Immense, Mensuration, Mete to measure.
1. Magnitude as determined by measurement or calculation; SYN. measurement.
2. The quantity or amount of something; SYN. quantity, amount, sum.
3. A measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements; SYN. measuring rod, measuring stick.
4. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; SYN. step.
5. Notation for a sequence of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar; SYN. bar.
The act or process of measuring; SYN. measuring, measure, mensuration.