measuring length

A travelling microscope is an instrument for measuring length with a resolution typically in the order of 0.01mm.

Until 1746 this was the official name of the collection which concentrated on instruments for measuring length, temperature, weight, volume and time.

Volume is determined by measuring length times width times height.

A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance.

Any device measuring length will give a length off by exactly the right amount so that the speed of light remains the same.

Until the beginning of the 19th century, Speyer had its own method of measuring length and size (mass).

A different system of units, although complementary and interchangeable, was used in measuring lengths for agrarian purposes.

Sisson was well known for the exact division of his scales, for measuring lengths.

The people of the Indus Civilization achieved great accuracy in measuring length, mass, and time.

Farther away, the gangly creature with several arms was measuring lengths of plastic cable for the rigging.

Sagnac interferometers are totally unsuited for measuring lengths or length changes.

This method uses the timing of reflected signals of a known velocity for measuring lengths.

Other than for measuring length, the thước is also used for measuring land area (see below).

Dividers used for measuring lengths of lines and approximate lengths of non-linear paths on a chart.

It is an intrinsic property which can be determined by measuring length and angles and does not depend on the way the surface is embedded in space.

Measuring length in Ancient Egypt Page by Digitalegypt (University College London).

The program helps five-to nine-year-old children build real-world math skills, including identifying basic fractions, measuring length and weight, and locating calendar dates.

The people who created them, transporting huge rocks on spherical boulders, must have been extraordinarily sophisticated, with moon and sun clocks and ways of accurately measuring length and volume.

Unlike many Bayesian selection methods, MML doesn't care if you change from measuring length to volume or from Cartesian co-ordinates to polar co-ordinates.

The system for measuring length in the United States customary system is based on the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use.

Maurolico published a Cosmographia in which he described a methodology for measuring the earth, which was later employed by Jean Picard in measuring length of meridian arc in 1670.

The equation can be written in non-dimensional form by measuring velocities according to a scale set by some characteristic velocity , and by measuring lengths according to channel depth .

But, the law doesn't prohibit an individual from measuring weights with such units, measuring lengths in cubits, or times in metres per c, and it would not usually be considered unethical for one to do so.