計量 — meaning in English

English meaning

• measure verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
• metric adjective Relating to the metric system of measurement, based on units like metres, litres, and grams.

Senses

計量 is used for these senses in English:

• measure The act or result of measuring.
• metric A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
• metric (analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M \times M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y) = 0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y) = d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.

measure — full definition

1. verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
2. noun A standard unit or amount used for comparison or quantity.
3. noun An action taken to achieve a particular goal, especially in an official or legal context.

metric — full definition

1. adjective Relating to the metric system of measurement, based on units like metres, litres, and grams.
2. noun A standard of measurement used to evaluate performance or quality.

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