measurement
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis is tweaking its measurement of the cost of investment management, software and legal services, and it will apply changes retroactively to the past five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Los Alamos team's quantum "demon" uses information about a quantum system's state and measurement results to produce similarly unusual behavior, effectively reversing the system's natural arrow of time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
This new record is described as "provisional" by the Met Office, which now has to conduct checks to ensure the measurement is reliable.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The spectrometer is connected to a custom ultra-high vacuum sample chamber that supports sample transfer, preparation, and measurement.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
He aspired to become a colleague of the great Tycho Brahe, who for thirty-five years had devoted himself, before the invention of the telescope, to the measurement of a clockwork universe, ordered and precise.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
It has also been associated with later measurements of cognitive development and IQ, although many genetic, environmental, and developmental factors influence intelligence.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The data included carbon isotope records, measurements of phosphorus accumulation in deep-sea sediments, and a newer iodine-to-calcium method for reconstructing ancient ocean oxygen levels.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
These measurements were combined into a single physiological age score.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
By April 19, the tilt sensor measurements were accelerating at a rate that made scientists determine a collapse was imminent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
With the right measurements, Bertillon believed, someone could be identified forever.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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