The phrase "a measuring tool" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an instrument or device that is used to determine the size, amount, or degree of something.
Example: "In the workshop, we have a variety of measuring tools, including rulers, calipers, and tape measures."
Alternatives: "a measuring instrument" or "a measurement device."
"We use it as a measuring tool," he added.
Nearly every prospective Ivy player must meet a minimum on the Academic Index, a measuring tool that uses grade-point average, class rank and standardized test scores.
For example, BMW Financial Services has its Inspection Wheel, a measuring tool device that helps consumers determine whether they will be charged for damage.
"If you look at the Detroit game as a measuring tool, you might say he's gone back to his old ways, as far as jogging around out there.
Some medicines come with a measuring tool, but often the units on the label are different from those on the tool.
If these data lead to reliable diagnostic tests, researchers could use them as a measuring tool to design studies of suicide that mirror the Framingham Heart Study, which has guided how we treat and prevent cardiovascular disease: 65 years ago, researchers began tracking the habits of and compiling regular medical workups on 5,209 residents of Framingham, Mass.
Wipe the measuring faces of a precision measuring tool and the to-be-measured surface of the work piece so as to prevent the measuring accuracy from being negatively affected by dirt or dust.
Critical values of ηM and α were assigned corresponding to different traffic levels and suggested as a rutting measuring tool.
With a median error of only 1.9°, we can consider the software a highly reliable measuring tool.
David Budner, senior vice president and director for advertising research at FCB Worldwide, New York, part of True North Communications, was named to the new post of executive vice president and worldwide director for the Relationship Monitor, a market research measuring tool.
A paid AR measuring tool, TapMeasure from the 3D-sensing company Occipital earned the No. 1 spot on the top Paid ARKit app chart.
