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  • 61standard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estandard banner, standard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English standan to stand and probably to Old High German hart hard Date: 12th century 1. a conspicuous object (as a banner) formerly… …

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  • 62standard — /ˈstændəd / (say standuhd) noun 1. anything taken by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model. 2. the authorised exemplar of a unit of weight or measure. 3. a certain commodity in which the basic monetary unit is stated,… …

  • 63Measure (mathematics) — Informally, a measure has the property of being monotone in the sense that if A is a subset of B, the measure of A is less than or equal to the measure of B. Furthermore, the measure of the empty set is required to be 0. In mathematical analysis …

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  • 64Measure for Measure — Facsimile of the title page of Measure for Measure from the First Folio, published in 1623 Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was (and continues to be) classified as comedy, but …

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  • 65measure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 official action to deal with a problem ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, effective, necessary, practical ▪ We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people s safety. ▪ key …

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  • 66measure up — PHRASAL VERB: usu with brd neg If you do not measure up to a standard or to someone s expectations, you are not good enough to achieve the standard or fulfil the person s expectations. [V P to n] It was fatiguing sometimes to try to measure up to …

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  • 67measure — [[t]me̱ʒə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ measures, measuring, measured 1) VERB If you measure the quality, value, or effect of something, you discover or judge how great it is. [V n prep] I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor s office …

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  • 68Standard deviation — The square root of the variance. A measure of dispersion of a set of data from their mean. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * standard deviation standard deviation ➔ deviation * * *    A statistical measure of the amount by which one… …

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  • 69measure — n 1. measurement, mensuration, met age. See measurement(def.1). 2. size, dimensions, proportions, expanse, extent, scope, range, spread, area; magnitude, amplitude, mass, bulk, volume; weight, quantity, capacity; bounds, duration, sum, aggregate; …

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  • 70Standard Deviation — 1. A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread apart the data, the higher the deviation. Standard deviation is calculated as the square root of variance. 2. In finance, standard deviation is applied to the annual… …

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