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Definition: Tape Measure |
Tape MeasureNoun1. Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his tape measure". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Industry | A narrow strip usually 60 inches long and from 1/8 to 1/2 inches. . . used for taking body, pattern and fabric measures. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Tape MeasureSynonyms: tape (n), tapeline (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | I'd have thrashed him to within an inch of his life, but I didn't have a tape measure. (Go West; writing credit: Irving Brecher) | |
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Books | |
Consumer Goods |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tape measure | 217 |
digital tape measure | 83 |
read a tape measure | 70 |
laser tape measure | 69 |
reading a tape measure | 31 |
electronic tape measure | 26 |
stanley tape measure | 23 |
lufkin tape measure | 21 |
metric tape measure | 13 |
use tape measure | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tape measure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | metër shirit (measure, tape line). (various references) | |
Arabic | شريط القياس مترح. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рулетка (roulette, tape, tape line), шивашки сантиметър. (various references) | |
Czech | mìřicí pásmo, švadlenský metr. (various references) | |
Danish | målebånd (measuring tape, tape line), baandmaal (measuring tape). (various references) | |
Dutch | meetlint (measuring tape, tape, tape line), meetband (measuring tape, tape, tape line), maatband. (various references) | |
Finnish | mittanauha. (various references) | |
French | mètre ruban, mètre ruban (measuring tape), double mètre roulant (measuring tape, tape line), double mètre ruban (measuring tape, tape line), diamètre de la bague, décamètre ruban (measuring tape), centimètre (tape). (various references) | |
German | bandmaß (measuring tape, tape, tape line). (various references) | |
Greek | μετροταινία των δέκα μέτρων (measuring tape), μετροταινία, περίμετρος του δακτυλίου, διπλή μετρική ταινία σε ρολό (measuring tape, tape line), διπλή μετρική ταινία (measuring tape, tape line), δεκάμετρη μετροταινία (measuring tape). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ'לול (tape), סרט מ"". (various references) | |
Hungarian | mérőszalag (measure, surveyor's tape, tape, tape-measure). (various references) | |
Italian | metro doppio a nastro (measuring tape, tape line), metro a nastro. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 巻き尺 , 巻尺 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まきじゃく. (various references) | |
Manx | rybban towsh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apetay easuremay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | metro duplo de fita (measuring tape, tape line), fita métrica de metal (tape line), fita métrica (measuring tape, tape). (various references) | |
Romanian | ruletã (roulette, tape line), panglicã de mãsurat (tape line). (various references) | |
Russian | рулетка (reel, roulette, roulette wheel, tapeline, tape-line). (various references) | |
Sepedi | lentitekanyo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | krojački santimetar. (various references) | |
Spanish | dimensión de la banda, decámetro de cinta (measuring tape), cinta métrica enrollable (measuring tape, tape line), cinta métrica (measuring tape, tape). (various references) | |
Swedish | måttband (measuring tape, measuringtape). (various references) | |
Turkish | mezro, metre şeridi, şerit metre (tape line). (various references) | |
Ukranian | рулетка (roulette, tape). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Tape Measure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tape meaure. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-m-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: ameerates, permeates. | |
-3 letters: amateurs, ameerate, amputees, amreetas, asperate, permease, permeate, permutes, separate, temperas, tempuras, upstream. | |
-4 letters: aerates, amateur, amperes, amputee, amreeta, aureate, austere, emeutes, matures, measure, meeters, metepas, pasture, permute, premeet, presume, remates, remeets, repeats, reputes, restamp, retapes, reteams, stamper, steamer, steeper, strumae, stumper, sumpter, supreme, tampers, teemers, tempera, tempers, tempura, traumas, uprates, upstare, uptears. | |
-5 letters: aerate, ameers, ampere, amuser, aretes, armets, asarum, aurate, easter, eaters, emeers, emeute, erupts, esteem, estrum, etapes, master, maters, matres, mature, meatus, meeter, merest, mestee, metepa, meters, metres, mustee, muster, mutase, pareus, paster, paters, pauser, peruse, peseta, pester, peters, praams, prates, preset, purees, purest, ramate, ramees, ramets, reatas, remaps, remate, remeet, repast, repeat, repute, reseat, reseau, resume, retape, reteam, retems, retuse, rupees, sarape, satrap, seamer, seater, seemer, sempre, septum, serape, stream, struma, tamers, tamper, tapers, taupes, teaser, teemer, temper, tepees, tramps, trapes, trauma, trumps, uprate, uptear, urates, urease. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 70 65 4D 65 61 73 75 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01110000 01100101 00100000 01001101 01100101 01100001 01110011 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a p e   M e a s u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0070 0065 004D 0065 0061 0073 0075 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54678271247716785878471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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