The phrase "a measured amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific quantity that has been carefully determined or calculated.
Example: "For the recipe, you will need a measured amount of flour to ensure the right texture."
Alternatives: "a specific quantity" or "an exact measure".
For colorimetric measurements of the fly fat preparation, a measured amount of the solution was taken, and the chloroform/methanol solvent was allowed to evaporate, after which the samples were resuspended in PBT and assayed same as butter and lard samples.
By applying a measured amount of stretching force to the steel, the amount of compression transmitted to the concrete can be carefully regulated.
She poured a measured amount of wine into each cup: maximum seven ounces at 7.30am for the first pour of the day, and five ounces each hour after that.
These batters are thawed a day or so before use, and a measured amount is scooped from the container and placed on a baking pan immediately before insertion into the oven.
As for the notion that a measured amount of alcohol in a carefully composed elixir could turn back time, "Nothing in a cocktail will give you younger skin," she said in an e-mail.
The narrow spout produces a thin, precise stream, and the handle brings your hand into a naturally balanced position — instead of flooding the filter and letting it drip, you deliver a measured amount of water over a period of several minutes.
A small, measured amount of an isotopically enriched sample, called a spike, is added to the original material, thoroughly mixed with it, and extracted with that element.
Like his characters, Boswell doesn't always pay a sensible, measured amount of attention to the subject at hand.
Fill up two or more equally-sized water-jugs with a predetermined and measured amount of water.
Lat., a measure, amount: placuit, ut fructus hypothecarum usuris compensaret, fini legitimae usurae, Dig. 20, 1, 1: finem pretii, deminuere vel excedere, ib.
"The measures amount to a constitutional coup," said Teodoro Petkoff, who edits an opposition newspaper.
