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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca