comma vs measure

comma

noun
  • A brief interval. 

  • A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways. 

  • In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma. 

  • The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. 

  • A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia. 

  • A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence. 

verb
  • To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas. 

measure

noun
  • An (unspecified) portion or quantity. 

  • A unit of measurement. 

  • A piece of legislation. 

  • A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion. 

  • Any of various standard units of capacity. 

  • A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like. 

  • A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. 

  • The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) 

  • A bed or stratum. 

  • A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) 

  • A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. 

  • The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. 

  • Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. 

  • A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. 

verb
  • To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard. 

  • To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement) 

  • To estimate the unit size of something. 

  • To adjust by a rule or standard. 

  • To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over. 

  • To judge, value, or appraise. 

  • To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off. 

  • To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments. 

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