| 单词 | unit of measurement |
| 例句 | The foot as a unit of measurement is based, naturally, on the foot. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My father always claimed that a league wasn’t really a unit of measurement at all, just a way for farmers to attach numbers to their rough guesses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Its unit of measurement, a nanometer, is one-billionth of a meter. Spare Times for Children for April 3-9 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z They’re the greengrocer who thinks that metric units of measurement are inherently treasonous. Ooh, Matron! Why Carry On films refuse to remain dead 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “This should be the basic unit of measurement of the highest human thought: two women talking.” Laughing All the Way to the Wellness Industry 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s not necessary to explain what you’re offering a pint of: Beer is one of the only substances on Earth whose common unit of measurement has become a shorthand for the very thing it measures. Why you can’t get a pint in a beer bar anymore 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Not only are the units of measurement different, but the equation is only descriptive and predictive. Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z Given the time of year, another useful unit of measurement might be the stocking, to which this book feels almost perfectly tailored. A Serious Reader Offers Appealingly Casual Thoughts on Reading, and Life 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The microscopic unit of measurement suggested by the title hardly represents the work’s ambitions. Review: Meredith Monk, Still Peerless at Shocking Serenity 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Spann, 25, seemed to be thinking of the block as a unit of measurement; its capacity to form a component of a larger whole. Where ‘Block Party’ Has a Score of Meanings 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Firstly, you've probably heard of the units of measurement for energy — calories — as well as the metric equivalent, which is joules. Calories and kilojoules: how do we know the energy content of food and how accurate are the labels? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Is it because they invent new units of measurement – "half a yard" – or model provincial disco clothes, or talk drivel about "role models"? Tony Hall, take a long knife to the parasites the BBC calls managers 2013-04-02T05:59:01Z Using lithostatic pressure as a unit of measurement, it is possible to correlate pressure and depth: the higher the pressure, the deeper the rocks once lay. Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth's interior 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Additionally, sampling methods between studies of microplastics within the Arctic vary and the differing units of measurement used in previous research make it difficult to draw comparisons. Ocean circulation, ice melt and increasing tourism could all be contributing to Arctic microplastics 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z She wrote the word “mole” beside it and explained it is a unit of measurement equivalent to the amount of atoms contained in 12 grams of carbon-12. Are 2 instructors in a WA community college class better than 1? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Cwt is a unit of measurement for commodities such as rice. Global rice shortage is worst in two decades: Report 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The book covers it all, such as the history of Italian wine, the intricacies of antipasti in Florence and the units of measurement you’ll need at a market. Advice | How to avoid eating like a tourist in Italy, according to Rick Steves Your group should discuss why we have changed the definitions of our standard unit of measurement in science from time to time. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z This was called cross-section data earlier; observations on variables at one point in time across different people or other units of measurement. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z When interpreting an average rate of change it will be important to consider the units of measurement. College Algebra with Corequisite Support 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z In many real-life applications, we need to convert between units of measurement, such as feet and yards, minutes and seconds, quarts and gallons, etc. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z He explained that in the 1940s and ’50s, local government agencies had asked waste haulers to report their quantities of waste with a default unit of measurement: barrels. History of DDT ocean dumping off L.A. coast even worse than expected, EPA finds 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Consistent units of measurement are key to obtaining a correct solution. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z This does two things, first it makes the deviations all positive and second it changes the units of measurement from that of the mean and the original observations. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z When interpreting slope, it will be important to consider the units of measurement. College Algebra with Corequisite Support 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z Their transactions tend to happen in metric tons and hectares, the unit of measurement favored by professional foresters. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z So, for nearly 150 years, the world’s metrologists have agreed on strict definitions for units of measurement through the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, known by its French acronym, BIPM, and based outside Paris. Get Ready For the New, Improved Second 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Although Mohammad warned them ahead of time how many miles we would be walking, this was not the operative unit of measurement in the mountains. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z One reason to use the standard deviation is to return to the original units of measurement by taking the square root of the variance. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z When interpreting slope, it will be important to consider the units of measurement. College Algebra with Corequisite Support 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z An acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one acre of land in a foot of water and is the standard unit of measurement in the water industry. Former Central California water manager stole $25 million in water over 23 years, prosecutors say 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The size of Wales is a common unit of measurement - but the country's outline could slightly change over the next century due to climate change. Climate change: Size of Wales may change due to coastal erosion 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Why is Wales used as a unit of measurement? Climate change: Wales imports 'cause deforestation' 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The value of measuring in percentage terms is that the units of measurement do not play a role in the value of the measurement and thus allows direct comparison between elasticities. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z "Pounds and ounces are an easily understood and widely used unit of measurement," the PM's spokesman added. Brexit: Imperial units only part of laws revamp, says No 10 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Here that value might as well be 1 because it is the only unit of measurement given. Infinity Category Theory Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of Mathematics 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “Beyond climate, the units of measurement aren’t as well accepted. How do you measure a unit of biodiversity? No one knows that. Something like education or poverty alleviation — there isn’t an accepted measurement.” An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z A much-discussed unit of measurement in smell studies is the J.N.D. — the Just Noticeable Difference, or the degree to which chemicals have to differ from one another in order for us to tell them apart. What Can Covid-19 Teach Us About the Mysteries of Smell? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The choice of units of measurement is also laden with history. America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Just set your unit of measurement to be the radius of the sphere you’re looking at. Forget Meters and Feet 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z It was a unit of measurement for an emotional reaction. Perspective | The 24 most important viral reactions on the Internet in the past 20 years 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z In May, it was announced that the international SI units of measurement had been redefined. The science stories that shaped 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Biles didn’t give the quantitative answer that the question demanded, a unit of measurement for “better”; rather, she offered us a glimpse into her mindset, which is that of a supremely confident female athlete. Simone Biles 2.0: Somehow, someway, there's nowhere to go but up 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z By the time of Independence, 100,000 units of measurement were in use, Andro Linklater, a British historian, recounted in “Measuring America: How the United States Was Shaped By the Greatest Land Sale in History.” America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The effect is so robust that it was taken as the basis for defining the ohm — the unit of measurement of resistance — in the reformed SI that went into effect in May. Strange topological materials are popping up everywhere physicists look 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z A microcurie is a millionth of a curie, which is a unit of measurement for radiation. NRC says Howard broke safety rule on possession, storage of radioactive powder 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The end of the year saw the most significant overhaul of the standard units of measurement since 1875. 2018 in news: The science events that shaped the year 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Scientists began to dream of standard units of measurement that would remain forever constant — standards with definitions built from the fabric of the universe. The Kilogram Is Dead. Long Live the Kilogram! 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z While ostensibly about finding the most precise way of describing a unit of measurement, the article seemed to speak more to humanity’s eternal gnawing unease with uncertainty. Opinion | Humanity’s eternal gnawing unease with uncertainty 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Consistent units of measurement are the foundation of the scientific method. Why we’re killing the kilogram for a new one 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Which, to use the standardised unit of measurement, is about 965 football pitches. Dull as ditchwater - or best-kept secret? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The auction house says it weighs 2,373 grains - an imperial unit of measurement based on grains of barley and wheat. World's largest freshwater pearl sold 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Scientists prefer Celsius because it integrates seamlessly with the metric system, but as a unit of measurement, it’s far less precise than Fahrenheit. Letter of Recommendation: Celsius 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The unit of measurement used to describe the expansion is called the Hubble Constant, after 20th Century astronomer Edwin Hubble - after whom the orbiting space observatory is named. Expanding cosmos hints at new physics 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z And for some, even defining units of measurement using natural constants doesn’t completely fulfill that guiding mantra of metrology: “For all people, for all time.” Why we’re killing the kilogram for a new one 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Their complaints ranged from big issues such as immigration policy to smaller ones, like the color of passports or units of measurement. Back in the Blue: Brexit Supporters Score Victory on Passports 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z There is a unit of measurement named after him: the “Munk unit”. Walter Munk, Inventor of Surf Forecast, Turns 100 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z It also assumes that households, not people, should be the key unit of measurement. Researchers think they’ve found a much better way to conduct the 2030 U.S. census 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z “Everyone was crazy about measuring the world in the seventeenth century, yet units of measurement were barely mentioned in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,” she says. The ‘time machine’ reconstructing ancient Venice’s social networks 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z It’s a credible criticism, then, to say that this dependence on technology removes units of measurement from public ownership just as much as the use of the king’s foot did. Why we’re killing the kilogram for a new one 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Hubble’s original estimate was much higher, at 500 in the same units of measurement. Cosmos Controversy: The Universe Is Expanding, but How Fast? 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The year before, a group of scientists proposed a unit of measurement in his name. Arthur Rosenfeld, Zealous Champion of Energy Efficiency, Dies at 90 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z There will be no shortage of opponents and rivals, in his own administration and probably in his own department, who will be counting minuses where he sees pluses or using entirely different units of measurement. From Syria to Nato, foreign policy issues Rex Tillerson faces as secretary of state 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The units of measurement on the labels and dosing tools varied in each group. Brain Cells That May Play a Key Role in Appetite 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z You might have noticed a new unit of measurement for expenditure. Is a hospital a useful unit of spending? - BBC News 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Becquerels are a globally recognized unit of measurement for radioactivity. AP Exclusive: Test finds Chernobyl residue in Belarus milk 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z After Mr. Goo forwarded him an “options memo” being preparing for the EPA administrator, Mr. Schneider chided him for mixing up units of measurement. Clean Power Plan reset sought after emails show collaboration bewteen EPA, greens 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Now, I realize that is totally subjective because there is no standard unit of measurement for fun. Putting a Price on Fun 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The key pitch, or unit of measurement used to determine a key’s size, is 18.8mm. Google's New Pixel C Tablet Is Great, But Not for Everyone 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z So it seems that using hospitals as a unit of measurement is not a great idea. Is a hospital a useful unit of spending? - BBC News 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The unit of measurement for Coke was glasses, dispensed at a soda counter. See the Original Coke Bottle Patent Granted 100 Years Ago 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z I myself was the slightly overweight, at times frightened, easily distracted and often clumsy unit of measurement for this project. Cockfights in the edgelands: the man who walked Mexico City's perimeter 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z A stone is a unit of measurement in Britain; one stone equals 14 pounds. Remember Knicks Fans, Basketball is a Global Sport 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z When there are no definitions for units of measurement, numbers don’t mean anything except latest. Why Didn't Microsoft Turn Its New OS Up To 11? 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The NPL is one of the world's leading centres for research into the measurement of time and is where the British standards for the seven key scientific units of measurement are kept. The element that redefined time 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Using that standard unit of measurement - Wembley Stadium - it was taller than the new Wembley's roof and three times the length of its pitch. Queen Mary: Liner that helped launch monster cruise ships 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z “Parents may encounter different units of measurement as they’re being counseled by their doctor or pharmacist, and those units may be different from what they see on the prescription or bottle label,” she said. A Spoonful of Medicine May Put Children at Risk 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z In effect, the fourth postulate establishes the right angle as a unit of measurement for all angles. What’s the Deal with Euclid’s Fourth Postulate? 2014-04-21T12:30:26Z Most units of measurement and finance at the Winter Olympics require conversion or translation – centimeters into inches, kilograms into pounds, rubles into dollars or Euros or yen. Russia tops Norway to reach Olympic hockey quarterfinals, but questions persist 2014-02-18T19:06:41Z SOCHI, Russia – Most units of measurement and finance at the Winter Olympics require conversion or translation: centimeters into inches, kilograms into pounds, rubles into dollars or Euros. Radulov helps Russia shake doldrums in 4-0 win over Norway 2014-02-18T14:54:09Z SOCHI, Russia – Most units of measurement and finance at the Winter Olympics require conversion or translation: centimeters into inches, kilograms into pounds, rubles into dollars or francs or liras. Radulov helps Russia shake doldrums in 4-0 win over Norway 2014-02-18T14:54:09Z Everybody approaches the math a little differently, wielding different units of measurement. Hard Cases: A Doctor’s Formula for Care 2013-12-09T21:03:01Z It's not really possible to measure energy levels scientifically but this unit of measurement - numbers of spoons - is a fun explainer. Running low on spoons 2013-06-21T00:22:04Z The census introduces “amount of words” as the unifying unit of measurement across all media. A Very Short History of Big Data 2013-05-09T13:45:27Z Driving the acquisitions and the name change is a sense that the company’s unit of measurement is not a minute or an hour of TV programming. Weather Channel’s Parent Company Is Renamed 2012-10-22T01:32:44Z Tesla has a unit of measurement for magnetic field named after him. Why doesn't everyone know who Nikola Tesla was? 2012-09-10T10:23:25Z Using the numbers generated from these standardised units of measurement, the world's first official sporting records emerged. Olympics: are the fastest and strongest reaching their mathematical limits? 2012-08-11T23:05:30Z Not the furry animal - the unit of measurement to express amounts of a chemical substance. On the merits of science literacy 2012-07-04T16:56:06Z But the growing girl can be taught that money is merely a convenient unit of measurement of values which are produced chiefly by means of work. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Frankly, the energy contained in the quantum vacuum isn’t nearly as much as Tesla supposed, when one converts it into macroscale units of measurement. Quantum Casimir Effect Inspires Indie Filmmakers 2012-04-19T15:45:31.037Z The process which converted the hide from a unit of measurement to a unit for assessment purposes is probably as follows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z A year is too small a unit of measurement in geological time; a thousand years or, better, a million years, would more nearly answer the requirements. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The black squares represent the square of the body of the type, one of the units of measurement, and is called an em, the letter M being exactly square. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The watt, then, is an accurate and complete unit of measurement and is generally applicable to all forms of electrical consumption. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z But originality isn’t the standard unit of measurement in art anymore. | Long Island: Goya?s Etchings of a Dark and Complicated Past 2011-10-29T05:48:04Z The foot-pound is the unit of measurement employed in the study of work. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z There are many variations in usage of units of measurement, for example, metres, yards, kilometres and miles are all used in different places. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The kilogram is the last base unit of measurement to be expressed in terms of a manufactured artifact. S?vres Journal: Missing Micrograms Set a Standard on Edge 2011-02-12T19:20:21Z The kilogram is the only unit of measurement still based on a man-made artifact. Researchers Weigh Benefits Of A New Kilogram Standard 2011-01-24T18:15:00.250Z The thing measured must be either a fraction or a multiple of the unit of measurement. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z None of the figures indicate a unit of measurement, how the numbers were obtained or by which “independent research lab.” Senator Calls for Helmet Safety Investigation 2011-01-04T02:00:24Z Mr Rosen decrypted the serial numbers of Amazon’s “virtual machines”, the unit of measurement for buying computing power from the firm. Information technology goes global: Tanks in the cloud 2010-12-29T10:57:07Z The range of subjects is impressive, from painters to physicists, and includes important names most of us may recognize only from science class, and then only as units of measurement: Hertz, Mach, Röntgen. Book Review - The German Genius - By Peter Watson 2010-07-16T18:28:00Z "I'm sorry but Luxembourg is meaningless," said Clarkson, pointing out that the standard units of measurement in the UK are double-decker London buses, football pitches and Wales. Mind your language: Wales, Belgium and other units of measurement 2010-05-17T10:26:00Z What better way to understand them than with a new unit of measurement? The Tesco - a new unit of measurement 2010-04-23T10:45:00Z To find the definite amounts of these foodstuffs in 1 ounce of milk it is best to reduce the ounce to grams, since the gram is the unit of measurement generally used. Dietetics for Nurses The unit of measurement of the school district, on which this system was based, was the day's journey of a child six years of age. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology A new unit of measurement should be created for alpine climbers, to conform to the haughty attitude of the mountains. A Mountain Boyhood Having now got in the eye-piece micrometer a unit of measurement, it becomes a comparatively easy matter to measure the fibre. The Story of the Cotton Plant Sometimes the units of measurement are lacking and I assume they are � for spore sizes. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Our distance from the sun shrinks up into a mere speck—the whole solar system into a mere unit of measurement, to be repeated hundreds of thousands of times before we reach the stars. Pioneers of Science No attempt can be made at present to evaluate the date of that epoch in our ordinary units of measurement. The Story of the Heavens Thus Negro Folk Rhymes, with very few exceptions, are poetry where a music measure is the unit of measurement for the words rather than the poetic foot. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study The unit of measurement is termed a calorie. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. None of them, taken separately, has objective reality; each is the work of an investigator who has regarded things from a certain bias, isolated certain variables, applied certain conventional units of measurement. Creative Evolution We must even use human units of measurement. A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel Science takes the diameter of the earth's orbit as a base line and unit of measurement, and with it spans infinity, and triangulates the nebulous systems amid the shadowy verges of receding space. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The process is simple in either case when once the units of measurement are definitely stated. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Here the unit of measurement is the school year. Spontaneous Activity in Education The unit of measurement is the length of certain joints of the finger, and the space between the tip of longest digit to certain creases in the palm of the hand. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 The beat is the unit of measurement in music. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Science takes the diameter of the earth's orbit as a base line and unit of measurement, and with it spans immensity, and triangulates the nebulous systems amid the shadowy verges of receding space. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They involve, as an essential requirement, the determination of a unit of measurement, and it is obvious that such a unit must have its origin in the motion of the heavenly bodies. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings The work a man has to do during life, in order to support himself, is the unit of measurement of the burden he has to bear. The Fertility of the Unfit In all probability, some one of these is an even and a useful number of feet or inches, which he will always be able to recollect, and refer to as a unit of measurement. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries In this conception the unit of measurement is so large that our concept of life evaporates into a vague generalization. The Reconstructed School The letter M is the unit of measurement when the amount of any piece of composition is to be estimated, and is written "em." Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Baud —— A unit of measurement that shows the number of discrete signal elements, such as bits, that can be sent per second. The Online World The astronomer abridges the row of bewildering figures by increasing his unit of measurement: so may we reduce the distracting multiplicity of things to the unity for which each of us stands. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature The OHM, as a unit of measurement, equals a unit of resistance that is equivalent to the resistance of a hundred feet of copper wire the size of a pin. Steam, Steel and Electricity In doing this, we choose certain units of measurement, the number of minutes required for learning a given amount or the amount learned in a stated period of time. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study On the other hand, no man of sense pretends to have any accurate unit of measurement by which he can make unerring estimates of desirability. A Handbook of Ethical Theory |
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