measurements

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In such instances, he is likely to check measurements, ask the client if they are losing weight or advise them to wait to purchase until closer to their event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Their measurements uncovered a dense network of magnetic nodal lines, which are special topological band crossings where two spin-polarized electronic states intersect continuously without forming an energy gap.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Using photographs she had already and images online, Karen took measurements to help her scale the model.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

At Christmas, we make my great-grandaunt’s tres leches cake for dessert, which comes from a hand-written recipe so old the measurements and method aren’t clearly spelled out.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Such instruments, however well constructed, could not make sufficiently exact measurements or calculations to test the limits of Ptolemaic astronomy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton