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- Dictionarysize/sʌɪz/
noun
- 1. the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is: "the schools varied in size"
- 2. each of the classes, typically numbered, into which garments or other articles are divided according to how large they are: "I can never find anything in my size"
verb
- 1. alter or sort in terms of size or according to size: "twist drills are sized in millimetres"
- 2. estimate or measure something's dimensions: "she was trying to size up a room with a tape measure"
adjective
- 1. having a specified size; sized: "marble-size chunks of hail"
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1 day ago · What’s it? Business size refers to the size of a company’s operations. It can be measured by several indicators, including assets, revenue, production, market capitalization, number of employees, and capital invested. Business size matters. It can affect a company’s competitive capacity.
3 days ago · The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum in 1 299 792 458 of a second.
1 day ago · Comparison of some paper and photographic paper sizes close to the A4 size. Paper size standards govern the size of sheets of paper used as writing paper, stationery, cards, and for some printed documents. The ISO 216 standard, which includes the commonly used A4 size, is the international standard for paper size.
4 days ago · Length, area, and volume describe the size or extent of an object in one dimension, two dimension, and three dimensions respectively. [61] In Euclidean geometry and analytic geometry , the length of a line segment can often be calculated by the Pythagorean theorem .
3 days ago · Definitions of larger. adjective. large or big relative to something else. synonyms: bigger. big, large. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
5 days ago · Starting with the size of Earth’s shadow cast on the Moon during a lunar eclipse, Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310–230 bce) calculated the linear size of the Moon relative to Earth. From its measured angular size, he then obtained the distance to the Moon.
3 days ago · Nautical charts are constructed on widely different scales and can be generally classified as follows: ocean sailing charts are small-scale charts, 1:5,000,000 or smaller, used for planning long voyages or marking the daily progress of a ship.
