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Measurement
Measurement

Measurement is the process of assigning a number to an attribute according to a rule or set of rules. The term can also be used to refer to the result obtained after performing the process....
, the process of estimating the magnitude of some attribute of an object relative to some unit of measurement
Measure (mathematics)
Measure (mathematics)

In mathematics, more specifically in measure theory, a measure on a set is a systematic way to assign to each suitable subset a number, intuitively interpreted as the size of the subset....
, a way to assign non-negative real numbers to subsets
Measure (physics)
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....
, a way to integrate over all possible histories of a system in quantum field theory
Bar (music)
Bar (music)

In musical notation, a bar is a segment of time defined as a given number of beat of a given duration. The word measure is heard more frequently in the United States, while bar is used in other English-speaking countries, although musicians generally understand both usages....
or measure is a unit of time in Western music representing a regular grouping of beats
Bill (proposed law)
Bill (proposed law)

A bill is a proposed new law introduced within a legislature that has not been ratification, adopted, or received royal assent. Once a bill has become law, it is thereafter an Statute; but in popular usage the two terms are often treated interchangeably....
or proposed measure, or, in the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
, a law the equivalent of an Act passed by Parliament
Countermeasure
Countermeasure

A countermeasure is a system designed to prevent sensor-based weapons from acquiring and/or destroying a target.Countermeasures that alter the electromagnetic, acoustic or other signature of a target thereby altering the tracking and sensing behavior of an incoming threat are designated softkill measures....
, is a system designed to prevent weapons from acquiring and/or destroying a target
Coal measure
Coal measure

The Coal Measures is a Lithostratigraphy term used mainly in the British Isles for the coal-bearing part of the Upper Carboniferous System. It represents the remains of fluvio-deltaic sediment, and consists mainly of clastic rocks interstratified with the beds of coal....
is a seam of coal
Measure (termination), a way to describe termination of processes, algorithms, or functions
Measure (bartending) (also called a "jigger"), a bartending tool used to measure liquor