meterstick

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meterstick - a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters)

ruler, rule - measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

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Cameras were calibrated by placing an object of known length (meterstick) at the approximate center of rotation of the dancer.

Translating the Base of Support A Mechanism for Balance Maintenance During Rotations in Dance

Materials: nitrile gloves * 6 sticks of any sugary chewing gum * timer * cup containing 100 ml of ice water * cup containing 100 ml of warm water * thermometer * paper towels * meterstick * paper and pencil

Sticky Business: How a designer in England is giving chewed-up gum a new purpose

In public, journeymen wear distinctive travelling garb, their trousers sewn with pockets deep enough to hold a folded meterstick or a bottle of beer.

Cleaving to the medieval, journeymen ply their trades in Europe

We had barely begun the conversation when someone made the mistake of mentioning "kids constructing their own knowledge." Immediately I heard a shuffling sound and turned my head just in time to avoid being hit by an enflamed colleague swinging a meterstick back and forth with both hands, like a fireman at a three-story blaze, shouting, "And then--look out!

Why we can't talk to one another about science education reform: even though science teachers and other stakeholders all want students to be instructed in the most effective way possible, discussions about what that way might be are seldom productive. The problem, as Mr. Windschitl sees it, is that the participants automatically revert to the "scripts" of two warring factions. He suggests a way to move the conversation forward

Determining how to use only one meterstick when the students were taller than a meter was the first significant problem that arose during measurement.

Math rules in the animal kingdom

A yardstick, meterstick, or some other straightedge is also useful.

Grades 6-8: fun class project: build an icosahedron. (Math Matters)

Comparing this speed with the observed change in position, the team calculated a distance that they call "the golden meterstick in the glass case."

Galaxy study challenges cosmic-age estimate

"He probably doesn't realize that he uses the metric system every day." Jordan just gets angry, slapping a meterstick into his open palm and begging me to point Brown out to him.

Waits and measures

newspapers * shoebox * 4 cups flour * 4 cups salt * index card * cinnamon or paprika * different sized marbles * meterstick * ruler

Meteor attack!

The notion of length, as measured with a meterstick or surveying devices, however, could tell in each case which pair was closer together than the other pair.

THE INTERVAL ANGLE: A SIMILARITY MEASURE FOR PITCH-CLASS SETS

In this case, a line of reasoning akin to that used in the meterstick example would commit Kripke to holding that there is something the person would thereby come to know a priori.