Sentence examples for measuring something from inspiring English sources

Everyday reality is essentially the reality described by classical physics: Quantum mechanics fundamentally states that the world and everything it contains is not independent of acts of measurement, i.e., measuring something is how physics derives all "physical" properties.

In physics, at a subatomic level, the act of measuring something can actually affect the measurement itself.

Indeed, Wainer and Thissen state that "measuring something that is not quite right accurately may yield far better measurement than measuring the right thing poorly" [ 50].

Perhaps this is a restatement of the assertion that "measuring something that is not quite right accurately may yield far better measurement than measuring the right thing poorly" [ 50], the situation depicted in Figure  3.

"One should never, ever use a theoretical argument for not measuring something," Dr. Tegmark said.

We did not attempt to put figures on the scale of trafficking – measuring something that is hidden and illegal is, by definition, impossible.

If you measure the position of Jupiter then you are measuring something real: Jupiter has a definite position and you can estimate the probable error in your observations.

Many agree with Lord Kelvin, the 19th-century physicist after whom the unit of absolute temperature is named: he reckoned that measuring something provides additional knowledge.

We've been mindful of Korczak's good advice to 'Go slowly so you do it right' as well as the old adage about the wisdom of measuring something six times before you cut it once".

The most poignant difference is that Nike's FuelBand measures something called NikeFuel — a measurement of your wrist movement.

They measure something tangible and important.