Word Meanings - OMBROMETER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
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- GAUGE
To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. The vanes nicely gauged on each side. Derham. 4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. 5. To measure - INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - MEASURING
Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured. - GAUGER
One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks. - GAUGEABLE
Capable of being gauged. - MEASURER
One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market. - MEASURABLE
1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh - INSTRUMENTALITY
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense - INSTRUMENTATION
1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical - MEASURELESS
Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n. Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable. Where Alf, the sacred river ran, Through canyons measureless to man, Down to - GAUGER-SHIP
The office of a gauger. - INSTRUMENTALLY
1. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end. South. They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so. Burke. 2. With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied. Mason. - INSTRUMENT
A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill. 4. One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, - MEASURE
The space between two bars. See Beat, Triple, Quadruple, Sextuple, Compound time, under Compound, a., and Figure. The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic - INSTRUMENTALISM
The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument. -- In`stru*men"tal*ist, n. Instrumentalism views truth as simply the value belonging to certain ideas in so far as these - MEASURED
Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. -- Meas"ured*ly, adv. - INSTRUMENTALIST
One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist. - INSTRUMENTALNESS
Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality. Hammond. - GAUGED
Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. Gauged brick, brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. -- Gauged mortar. See Gauge stuff, under Gauge, n. - MEASUREMENT
1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required. 2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres. - IMMEASURABLY
In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth. - IMMEASURED
Immeasurable. Spenser. - ADMEASURE
To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. (more info) 1. To measure. - REMEASURE
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax. - OUTMEASURE
To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T. Browne. - WATER MEASURE
A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell. - OVERMEASURE
To measure or estimate too largely. - PASSYMEASURE
See SHAK - WEDGE GAUGE; WEDGE GAGE
A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust.