Sentence examples for taking a measurement from inspiring English sources

The principal problem with estimating the strength of the most violent tornadoes is simply that any device to measure them would be destroyed in the course of taking a measurement.

Measure the middle of your sheet of plywood by taking a measurement to determine the intersection between the midway point of the length and midway point of the width of the table.

The four-button interface allows the user to cycle through the electrochemical test variables to view or change them prior to taking a measurement.

Here, we define the step as the process of setting the LCC to a certain value and taking a measurement.

Its "physiocap rig" works like this, Burk said: "It has two lasers on it, one sending and one receiving… Every time something disrupts the flow [of light] that the lasers are sending, it's taking a measurement.

Do not tilt the caliper when taking a measurement.

Someone might take a measurement.

Amy Bolan takes a measurement at "Site 29" in Nikko Bay.

Her gaze stretches out to take a measurement, then, when that's done, snaps right back.

It's a marine version of the uncertainty principle: trying to take a measurement affects the measurement.

"You can't take a ruler and take a measurement of the grass," she said.