Footprint vs Measure - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- the area taken up by some object
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Definition as Noun
- a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
- the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
Definition as Verb
- have certain dimensions
- evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- express as a number or measure or quantity
Examples
- "the footprints of an earlier civilization"
- "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
- "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
- "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
- "they held a public hearing on the bill"
- "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
- "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
- "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
- "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"
- "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"
- "measure the length of the wall"
- "Can you quantify your results?"