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Examples:system of weights and measures—adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation—peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence—weights and measures of former times—adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)—lit. slow no aid urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation—panic measures in place of timely preparation—before it happens (cf preventative measures)—anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)—take severe measures against—security measures (esp. border security)—measures stave off an attack—anti-graft (measures, policy etc)—measures evacuate a building in an emergency—take drastic measures to deal with a situation—measures reduce disasters—measures of national income and output—be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) [idiom.]—titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)—lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern the letter—lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. act according to actual circumstances—measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)—lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure—Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies—Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)—measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)—earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)—lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention detail—length of clothing from shoulders bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)—a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)—volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)—stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure—administrative measure n—gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure [idiom.]—You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. [idiom.]— |