Sentence examples for measures of length from inspiring English sources

However, measures of length, in addition to weight, together reflect body fatness better than weight alone.

Ethical requirements in economic life are expressed concretely in passages such as Leviticus 19 35 36: "You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

A questionnaire including measures of length and frequency of visits, perceived restorativeness, and self-reported benefits of the visit to the green spaces was administered in situ to 569 residents of four Italian medium-to-large size cities: Bari, Florence, Rome and Padua.

Next, consider measures of length.

The book begins with a clear and compelling discussion of the interdependence of properties and laws, illustrated through the relations of alternative measures of length and alternative geometries.

We do not observe the credit hours taken by students or any comparable measures of length of enrollment.11 If we find similar effects of peer quality on grades and the likelihood of graduation, it could be the case that graduation effects are driven purely by grade effects (or that there are also countervailing or reinforcing effects on enrollment length).

Any measurement of velocity requires, however, a definition of the measure of length and of time.

Transf., as a measure of length, a span, or twelve digits, Varr.

Fathom, old English measure of length, now standardized at 6 feet (1.83 metre), which has long been used as a nautical unit of depth.

Zhang, Wade-Giles chang, an old Chinese measure of length equal to 10 chi, or 3.58 metres (11 feet 9 inches).

B. As a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, an ell, a cubit, Lucil.