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One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.

One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts.

One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg.

One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms.

Capable of being measured; measurable.

Of or pertaining to measure.

To measure. [Obs.]

of Mete, to measure. Chapman.

Measurement, especially of coal. De Foe.

To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.

According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate. [Obs.]

A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.

One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

ythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. Wordswor…

A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [Obs.] Shak.

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

f a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.