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Measured Mile - Sailing(gambling)

measured (iou)



measured adjective. LME.
[from MEASURE noun, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Moderate, temperate. LME-L15.
That has been measured to determine spatial magnitude or quantity; apportioned or dealt out by measure; (of work) paid according to the amount done. LME.
measured mile a distance of one mile carefully measured, esp. for determining the speed of a ship.
b. Accurately regulated, correctly proportioned. E17.
Written in metre; metrical; having a marked or fixed rhythm; rhythmical; regular in movement. L16.
Esp. of language: carefully weighed or calculated; deliberate and restrained. E19.
measuredly adverb E19.
measuredness noun M19.