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measure in music, a metrical unit having a given number of beats, the first of which normally is accented, although the accent may be displaced by syncopation. Measures are separated on the staff by vertical lines called bars. The term bar has become synonymous with measure. The consistent division of music into measures with regularly recurring accent did not become prevalent until the 17th cent. See also meter and rhythm .

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

measure hard measure archaic expression meaning, punishment or retribution inflicted on someone.
there is measure in all things proverbial saying, late 14th century, similar in meaning to moderation in all things. The Roman poet Horace (65–8 bc) has a similar thought, ‘there is measure in things.’

See also man is the measure of all things.

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measure A lithostratigraphic term that (in the past) has been used both formally (e.g. Coal Measures, Culm Measures, see FORMAL) and informally (see INFORMAL) to denote a succession of coal-bearing strata.

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