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Measuring rod is a kind of
rulerA ruler, or rule, is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines. Strictly speaking, the ruler is essentially a straightedge used to rule lines and the calibrated instrument used for determining measurement is called...
. This phrase is often used without mention of a particular kind or length of ruler and has been used since ancient times. The 'measuring rod' or
tally stickA tally was an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages.Tally sticks first appear as notches carved on animal bones, in the Upper Paleolithic...
is a divine attribute of
NemesisIn Greek mythology, Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia at her sanctuary at Rhamnous north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess. The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νέμειν, meaning...
. It was also employed in European foundation stone rites and is an ancient masonic tool.
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A
Measuring rod is a kind of
rulerA ruler, or rule, is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines. Strictly speaking, the ruler is essentially a straightedge used to rule lines and the calibrated instrument used for determining measurement is called...
. This phrase is often used without mention of a particular kind or length of ruler and has been used since ancient times. The 'measuring rod' or
tally stickA tally was an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages.Tally sticks first appear as notches carved on animal bones, in the Upper Paleolithic...
is a divine attribute of
NemesisIn Greek mythology, Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia at her sanctuary at Rhamnous north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess. The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νέμειν, meaning...
. It was also employed in European foundation stone rites and is an ancient masonic tool.
GreekGreek , an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, is the language of the Greeks. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical...
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measuring rodA Measuring rod is a kind of ruler. This phrase is often used without mention of a particular kind or length of ruler and has been used since ancient times. The 'measuring rod' or tally stick is a divine attribute of Nemesis...
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See also
- Levelling rod
- Rod (unit)
The rod is a unit of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 meters, 16.5 feet, or of a statute mile. A rod is the same length as a perch and a pole. The lengths of the perch and chain were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter...
- Units of measurement
A measurement unit is a scalar quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which any other quantity of the same kind can be compared to express the ratio of the two quantities as a number....
- Ancient Greek units of measurement
Ancient Greek units of measurement were built mainly upon the Egyptian, and formed the basis of the later Roman system.Generally speaking, standards of measurement within the ancient Greek world varied according to location and epoch. Systems of ancient weights and measures evolved as needs...
- Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city-states of Early Dynastic Sumer. The units themselves grew out of the tradition of counting tokens used by the Neolithic cultural complex of the Near East. The counting tokens were used to keep accounts of personal...
- Ruler
A ruler, or rule, is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines. Strictly speaking, the ruler is essentially a straightedge used to rule lines and the calibrated instrument used for determining measurement is called...
- Surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles between them...