measured
adj/ˈmɛʒəd/UK/ˈmɛʒɚd/US
Definitions
That has been determined by measurement.
- He ran over a measured mile.
- Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
Deliberate but restrained.
- He argued in measured tones.
- But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
- This procedure was very tedious for me. Although she was definitely in a somnambulistic state, her answers were coming very slowly with carefully measured caution.
Rhythmically written in meter
Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
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simple past and past participle of measure
The neighborhood
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at measured. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at measured. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at measured
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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