Measure can mean:
In law:
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Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those
which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa. 5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b)
Mad, Job 11:9; Jer. 13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the
word most frequently thus translated, Ex. 26:2, 8, etc. (d)
Mesurah, Lev. 19:35; 1 Chr. 23:29. (e) Mishpat, Jer. 30:11,
elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, Ezek. 45:11. (g) In
New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered (Matt.
7:2; 23:32; Mark 4:24).
(2.) Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, Deut. 25:14, 15, usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, Jer. 51:13, usually "cubit." (c) Kor, 1 Kings 4:22, elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, Luke 16:7. (d) Seah, Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 25:18, a seah; Greek saton, Matt. 13:33; Luke 13:21. (e) Shalish, "a great measure," Isa. 40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, Luke 16:6, the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, Rev. 6:6, the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius.
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To measure something is to give a number to some property of the thing. Measuring something puts the amount of the thing into numbers.
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Many things can be measured. Some properties of things that can be measured:
One can measure many other things.
Most properties are measured using a number and a unit of measurement. The unit of measurement is a standard amount. The number compares the property to that standard amount. This means a tree that is ten times as tall as a meter stick is 10 meters tall.
There is an advanced part of mathematics that is about measuring things with unusual characteristics. This is called measure theory.
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