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common measure

[ kom-uhn mezh-er ]

noun

  1. Also called common meter;. Prosody. a ballad stanza of four iambic lines and strict rhymes, often used in hymns, rhyming abcb or abab.


common measure

noun

  1. another term for common time
  2. the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b
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Word History and Origins

Origin of common measure1

First recorded in 1710–20
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Example Sentences

Sperm count – the total number of sperm a man produces – and sperm concentration – number of sperm per milliliter of semen – are common measures, but they aren’t the best predictors of fertility.

That is, all four countries had the same Gini coefficient, a common measure of income inequality.

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I have the one with common measure equivalents--how many milligrams in a teaspoon, how many teaspoons in a cup.

Till then, the Hindus hardly seem to have sought for a common measure of time except for astronomical or mythological purposes.

The Greeks understood by symmetry, the condition of a body of which the members have a common measure among themselves.

It must apply to real things, and to things which have definite relations and a common measure.

There is always a common measure applicable in every formula for the estimation of conduct.

No common measure of obedience and gratitude, and love, seems to be required of them.

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