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Measurement of time by an instrument.

One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampère.

A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.

g minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. Circular, or Ring, micrometer, a metallic ring fixed in the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to determine dif…

A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of one volt.

A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.

A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce.

A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.

The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

stry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal. "Ministerial offices." Bacon. "A ministerial measure." Junius. "Ministerial garments." Hooker.

es, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.

Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.

That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.

A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak. Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.

Shaped like a bushel measure.

A dry measure, containing about a peck.

to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

A model or measure.