7 sentences with 'measure'
Example sentences and phrases with the word measure and other words derived from it.
• « As for the long-term health benefits, their very invisibility may take away any satisfaction. How can you measure it on an ongoing basis, unless you stress test yourself every two weeks? »
• « They also invented the 360 degrees used to measure angles in geometry and were the first to divide a timekeeping system using a 60-second minute. »
• « He also enacted a new law decreeing that only the children of Athenian parents could be Athenian citizens, a measure that elevated the importance of Athenian women, but also further entrenched the Athenian conceit in relation to other Greek cities; Athenians wanted citizenship to be their own carefully protected commodity. »
• « Thales of Miletus travelled to Egypt and was able to measure the height of the pyramids (which were already thousands of years old) by the length of their shadows. »
• « This Roman policy was as much a cynical measure on the part of the state to keep urban riots at bay as it was a legal right of urban citizens. »