measure of area
111Dry measure — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …
112Land measure — Land Land, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ] 1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a… …
113Underprivileged area score — The Underprivileged Area Score is an indicy to measure socio economic variation across small geographical areas. The score is an outcome of the need identified in the Acheson Committee Report (into General Practitioner (GP) services in the UK),… …
114Metropolitan Area Projects Plan — The Metropolitan Area Projects Plan, or MAPS, was a $350 million public works and redevelopment project in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during the middle to late 1990s, funded by a temporary voter approved sales tax increase. Contents 1 History 2… …
115square measure — ► NOUN ▪ a unit of measurement relating to area …
116square measure — n. a system of measuring area, esp. the system in which 144 square inches = 1 square foot or that in which 10,000 square centimeters = 1 square meter: see the table of weights and measures in the Reference Supplement …
117square measure — noun a system of units used to measure areas • Syn: ↑area unit • Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit • Hyponyms: ↑square inch, ↑sq in, ↑square foot …
118surface measure — noun : the surface area of a board : board measure when the board is one inch thick …
119Dry area — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …
120specific leaf area — noun a measure of leaf thickness, calculated by dividing the area of a portion of a leaf by the dry weight of that same portion of leaf …
