( n. )
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
( n. )
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012