The Y chromosome measures only the activities of men.
The correlation coefficient measures only the degree of linear association between two variables.
Of 13 appropriations measures, only the defense spending bill is likely to be approved before Congress goes home.
The F.B.I. report measures only the most serious crimes, including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, car theft and larceny.
Each of their millions of tiny photo-sensitive elements measures only the intensity of incoming light, not its wavelength.
Since the asset already exists, its purchase does not add directly to GDP, which measures only the production of new goods and services.
And the gloomy analysis measures only the effect of pricier staple foods, whereas the other examines freer trade in all farm goods.
The hearing of a person who has trouble understanding speech can appear normal or nearly normal on an audiogram, because a standard hearing test measures only the ability to detect pure tones along a scale of frequencies.
Conversely, an observer on the ground sees and measures only the relative motion of the atmosphere, because he is also rotating and cannot see directly the rotational motion applied by Earth.
Won't the problem he describes just fade away?He launches into a long lament about how the youth of today do not see the value of living in communities and how they chase after mobile phones and other consumer items, how they are moving to overcrowded cities, and how economics measures only the financial value of things, not the social costs.
The idea of emphasizing the "marginal" (or last) unit proved in the long run to be more significant than the concept of utility alone, because utility measures only the amount of satisfaction derived from a particular economic activity, such as consumption.
