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Definition: UNIT OF MEASURE |
UNIT OF MEASURE1. (as of length, surface, volume, dry measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1 ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically, the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights, measures, or money, by which its several denominations are regulated, and which is itself defined by comparison with some known magnitude, either natural or empirical, as, in the United States, the dollar for money, the pound avoirdupois for weight, the yard for length, the gallon of 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of water at 39.8[deg] Fahr. (about 231 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the yard, or 1/108719 part of the length of a second's pendulum at London, the gallon of 277.274 cubic inches, etc.; in the metric system, the meter, the liter, the gram, etc. |
Crosswords: UNIT OF MEASURE |
| English words defined with "UNIT OF MEASURE": Abstract unit ♦ British capacity unit ♦ Diagonal scale, Dynam ♦ Imperial capacity unit, Inch of water ♦ morgen ♦ specific heat ♦ Unit of heat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "UNIT OF MEASURE": BARRELS PER DAY EQUIVALENT ♦ COOLING DEGREE DAY ♦ KILOWATT-HOUR ♦ nephelometric turbidity unit ♦ pound mass, Precipitable Water ♦ required supply rate ♦ square-mile-foot ♦ thrust-weight ratio ♦ watthour, Wood-Burning-Stove Pollution. (references) |
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Trade | Ireland | The traveler should become acquainted with another common unit of measure in Irish pubs -- the pint. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unit of measure | 281 |
unit of measure conversion | 34 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "UNIT OF MEASURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hebrew | יחי"ת מי"". (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | itunay ofay easuremay unidad de medida. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 45, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | To metron kai h coinix omoiwV mia estai tou lambanein to dekaton tou gomor h coinix kai to dekaton tou gomor to metron proV to gomor estai ison |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Oephi et batus aequalia et unius mensurae erunt ut capiat decimam partem chori batus et decimam partem chori oephi iuxta mensuram chori erit aequa libratio eorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ephi and bachus shuln be euen, and of oo mesure, that bachus take the tenthe part of corus, that is a mesure of thritti busshellis, and ephi the tenthe part of chorus; after the mesure of corus ther shal be euen weiyt of hem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after the homer. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer. |
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| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 45, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Kinahanglan nga ang epha ug ang bato usa ra ka sukod, aron ang bato magasulod usa sa napulo ka bahin sa homer, ug ang epha magasulod usa sa napulo ka bahin sa homer: kong tandingon ang takus niini sama sa homer. |
| Croatian | Efa i bat neka jednako hvataju: bat neka iznosi desetinu homera i efa desetinu homera - neka im mjera bude prema homeru. |
| Danish | Efa og Bat skal have ens Mål, så at en Bat holder en Tiendedel Homer, og en Efa ligeledes en Tiendedel Homer; efter en Homer skal Målet fastslås. |
| Dutch | Een efa en een bath zullen van enerlei mate zijn, dat een bath het tiende deel van een homer houde; ook een efa het tiende deel van een homer; de mate daarvan zal zijn naar den homer. |
| Finnish | Eefa- ja bat-mitta olkoot tarkoin yhtä suuret: bat vetäköön kymmenenneksen hoomer-mittaa ja eefa kymmenenneksen hoomer-mittaa; hoomerin mukaan määrättäköön kumpaisenkin suuruus. |
| French | L`épha et le bath auront la même mesure: le bath contiendra la dixième partie d`un homer, et l`épha la dixième partie d`un homer; leur mesure sera réglée d`après le homer. |
| German | Epha und Bath sollen gleich sein, daß ein Bath den zehnten Teil vom Homer habe und das Epha den zehnten Teil vom Homer; denn nach dem Homer soll man sie beide messen. |
| Haitian Creole | Mezi efa ki sèvi pou grenn yo fèt pou gen menm valè ak mezi bat ki sèvi pou likid yo. Gwo mezi a se omè a. Sa ban nou yon omè egal dis efa, egal dis bat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka efa dan bat itu hendaklah sama muatnya, sehingga sebat muat sepersepuluh sehomer dan seefapun sepersepuluh sehomer, muat keduanya akan ditolok dengan homer juga. |
| Italian | L'efa e il bat saranno della medesima misura così che il bat e l'efa contengano un decimo del comer, la loro misura sar in relazione al comer. |
| Maori | Kia kotahi te mehua mo te epa, mo te pati; ko te pati he whakatekau no te homa, ko te epa hoki he whakatekau no te homa: ko te mehua mo taua mea ko te homa. |
| Norwegian | En efa og en bat skal ha samme mål, så en bat er tiendedelen av en homer, og en efa tiendedelen av en homer; efter homeren skal deres mål rette sig. |
| Portuguese | A efa e o bato serão duma mesma medida, de maneira que o bato contenha a décima parte do hômer, e a efa a décima parte do hômer; o hômer será a medida padrão. |
| Rumanian | Efa wi batul sq aibq aceeaw mqsurq; batul sq cuprindq a zecea parte dintr`un omer, wi efa a zecea parte dintr`un omer; mqsura lor se va potrivi dupq omer. |
| Russian | еЖБ Й 'БФ "ПМЦОЩ 'ЩФШ П"ЙОБЛПЧПК НЕТЩ, ФБЛ ЮФП'Щ 'БФ ЧНЕЭБМ Ч УЕ'Е "ЕУСФХА ЮБУФШ ИПНЕТБ Й ЕЖБ "ЕУСФХА ЮБУФШ ИПНЕТБ; НЕТБ ЙИ "ПМЦОБ П ТЕ"ЕМСФШУС П ИПНЕТХ. |
| Swedish | Efan och bat-måttet skola hålla samma mått, så att bat-måttet rymmer tiondedelen av en homer, och likaledes efan tiondedelen av en homer; ty efter homern skall man bestämma måtten. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: amentiferous. | |
-3 letters: fromenties, frumenties, fumatories, furmenties, manifester, misfortune, uniformest. | |
-4 letters: antimeres, antiserum, estuarine, firestone, fomenters, forenames, foretimes, fourteens, furmeties, interfuse, manifesto, moistener, mutineers, nefarious, numerates, osmeteria, remoisten, rousement, ruminates, unfairest, untimeous. | |
-5 letters: amniotes, amortise, aneurism, antimere, arenites, arsenite, atomiser, earstone, emeritas, emeritus, emersion, emirates, enamours, enframes, ensiform, esurient, etamines, fainters, faitours, farinose, fastener, fearsome. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-u-u" | |
+5 letters: multifariousnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 49 54 4F 46 4D 45 41 53 55 52 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01001001 01010100 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001101 01000101 01000001 01010011 01010101 01010010 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N I T   O F   M E A S U R E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0049 0054 004F 0046 004D 0045 0041 0053 0055 0052 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5548435424940247393553555239 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Bible Trace 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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