MEASURE YAML source
code: MEASURE
xiao_number: P107
name: Measurement expressions
definition: Words and phrases expressing measurement.
normalization: words
detection:
- source: xiao_2009
requires:
- usas
usas_code: N3
- source: usas
requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]'
words:
- '*-acre'
- '*-inch'
- '*-metre'
- '*-mile'
- '*KBps'
- '*MB'
- '*MW'
- '*acre'
- '*cms'
- '*ha'
- '*hectare'
- '*kph'
- 2-litre
- 90-mile
- Dwarf
- GSM
- Herculean
- KM
- Midget
- RPM
- Speedo
- a.s.a.p.
- abacus
- abridgement
- abridgment
- accelerating
- acceleration
- acre
- acreage
- acres
- aggrandisement
- aggrandizement
- alacrity
- altitude
- amplitude
- asset-stripping
- ballast
- basinful
- beanpole
- behemoth
- biggees
- bigger-than-life
- biggie
- biggy
- blow-up
- bodyweight
- breadth
- briskness
- calorie
- calories
- capacity
- carat
- centi-cube
- centi-cubes
- centimeter
- centimeters
- centimetre
- centimetres
- closeness
- colossus
- compression
- dash
- dawdling
- decilitre
- denier
- depth
- diameter
- distance
- dram
- elevation
- enormity
- escalating
- expanding
- expanse
- expansion
- expedience
- extending
- fathom
- fatism
- fattening
- fitting
- fl
- ft
- gallon
- gap
- gauge
- girth
- gms
- gr
- gradation
- gradient
- gram
- gramm
- gramme
- gramms
- grams
- grandissment
- gravity
- growing
- growth
- haste
- heaviness
- hectarage
- hectare
- hectares
- heft
- height
- hertz
- high-pressure
- houseroom
- hundredweight
- hurry
- hurtle
- hyper-growth
- in.
- inch
- ins.
- juxtaposition
- k
- kilo
- kilogram
- kilograms
- kilohertz
- kilometer
- kilometre
- kilowatt
- kms
- largeness
- lb
- lbs
- length
- lengthening
- level
- litre
- litres
- looming
- m
- mach
- magnification
- magnifying
- magnitude
- maturation
- measure
- measureful
- measurefuls
- measurement
- measuring
- mega-giant
- mega-giants
- meter
- metre
- metres
- metrics
- mid-scale
- midrange
- midscale
- mil
- mil.
- mile
- mileage
- miles
- milligram
- milligrams
- millilitre
- millimetre
- mils
- ml
- mls
- modula
- mph
- narrowness
- nearness
- neighborhood
- neighbourhood
- next-door
- nimbleness
- ounce
- ounces
- oz
- pace
- pin-point
- pinpoint
- pint
- plodder
- plodders
- plodding
- pnd
- pnds
- pounder
- precipitancy
- pressure
- pressurizing
- promptness
- proximity
- quantification
- quart
- quarts
- quickie
- quickies
- quickness
- quicky
- rad
- radius
- range
- range-finder
- range-finders
- ranges
- rapidity
- rate
- rates
- reach
- remoteness
- remove
- rush
- rushing
- scale
- scales
- short-cut
- shortcut
- shortie
- shrinkage
- size
- sizing
- slimmer
- slimming
- sliver
- slivers
- slowdown
- slowing
- slowness
- sluggishness
- small
- smallness
- space
- speed
- speediness
- speedometer
- speedometers
- speeds
- sprawl
- sprawling
- sprouting
- sq
- st
- statistic
- statistics
- stature
- strain
- streamlining
- stretch
- stretching
- stride
- swiftness
- telephoto
- tempo
- thickness
- ton
- tonnage
- tonne
- tonnes
- tons
- velocity
- volume
- watt
- weighing
- weight
- widening
- width
- zoom
- zooms
sources:
- xiao_2009
- usas