Measure may refer to:
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Measurement
Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events.
In other words, measurement is a process of determining how large or small a physical quantity is as compared ...
, the assignment of a number to a characteristic of an object or event
Law
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Ballot measure
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...
, proposed legislation in the United States
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Church of England Measure, legislation of the Church of England
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Measure of the National Assembly for Wales
A Measure of the National Assembly for Wales (informally, an Assembly Measure) is primary legislation in Wales that is a category lower than an Act of Parliament. In the case of contemporary Welsh law, the difference with Acts is that the compe ...
, primary legislation in Wales
* Assembly Measure of the
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
The Northern Ireland Assembly was a legislative assembly set up by the Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland with the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive made up of unionists an ...
Science and mathematics
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Measure (data warehouse)
In a data warehouse, a measure is a property on which calculations (e.g., sum, count, average, minimum, maximum) can be made.
Example
For example, if a retail store sold a specific product, the quantity and prices of each item sold could be added ...
, a property on which calculations can be made
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Measure (mathematics)
In mathematics, the concept of a measure is a generalization and formalization of geometrical measures ( length, area, volume) and other common notions, such as mass and probability of events. These seemingly distinct concepts have many simil ...
, a systematic way to assign a number to each suitable subset of that set
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Measure (physics) The measure in quantum physics is the integration measure used for performing a path integral.
In quantum field theory, one must sum over all possible histories of a system.
When summing over possible histories, which may be very similar to each ...
, a way to integrate over all possible histories of a system in quantum field theory
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Measure (termination)
In computer science, termination analysis is program analysis which attempts to determine whether the evaluation of a given Computer program, program halts for ''each'' input. This means to determine whether the input program computes a ''total'' f ...
, in computer program termination analysis
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Measuring coalgebra In algebra, a measuring coalgebra of two algebras ''A'' and ''B'' is a coalgebra In mathematics, coalgebras or cogebras are structures that are dual (in the category-theoretic sense of reversing arrows) to unital associative algebras. The axioms ...
, a coalgebra constructed from two algebras
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Measure (Apple), an iOS augmented reality app
Other uses
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''Measure'' (album), by Matt Pond PA, 2000, and its title track
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Measure (bartending)
A shot glass is a glass originally designed to hold or measure spirits or liquor, which is either imbibed straight from the glass ("a shot") or poured into a cocktail ("a drink"). An alcoholic beverage served in a shot glass and typically cons ...
or jigger, a bartending tool used to measure liquor
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''Measure'' (journal), an international journal of formal poetry
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"Measures" (''Justified''), a 2012 episode of the TV series ''Justified''
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Measure (music)
In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value and the boundaries of the bar are indicated by vertical bar lines. Dividing mu ...
, or bar, in musical notation
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Measure (typography)
In typography, line length is the width of a block of typeset text, usually measured in units of length like inches or points or in characters per line (in which case it is a measure). A block of text or paragraph has a maximum line length that ...
, line length in characters per line
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Coal measures
In lithostratigraphy, the coal measures are the coal-bearing part of the Upper Carboniferous System. In the United Kingdom, the Coal Measures Group consists of the Upper Coal Measures Formation, the Middle Coal Measures Formation and the Lower Coal ...
, the coal-bearing part of the Upper Carboniferous System
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The Measure (SA)
The Measure (SA) were an American punk rock band formed in 2005 in New Brunswick, New Jersey who released albums on Don Giovanni Records and No Idea Records. The (SA) in the name is for "Strictly Analog". They played their last shows in 2011 in N ...
, an American punk rock band
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Bar (Music)
In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value and the boundaries of the bar are indicated by vertical bar lines. Dividing mu ...
, a time segment in musical notation
See also
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Countermeasure
A countermeasure is a measure or action taken to counter or offset another one. As a general concept, it implies precision and is any technological or tactical solution or system designed to prevent an undesirable outcome in the process. The fi ...
, a measure or action taken to counter or offset another one
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Quantity
Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a Counting, multitude or Magnitude (mathematics), magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity (mathematics), discontinuity and continuum (theory), continuity. Quantities can be compared in terms o ...
, a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude
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Measure for Measure
''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the ''First Folio'' of 1623.
The play's plot features its ...
'', a play by William Shakespeare
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