The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.
That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
A unit of measurement.
A piece of legislation.
Any of various standard units of capacity.
An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
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.
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.