Measure Mete Meter

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~ MEASURE  see>  METER   see> META          see> METAMORPHOSIS
           in sp METER = TO PUT IN          sug> ENCLOSE
                 METRO   METER
  id+ | REPRODUCIBLE VALUE ON A SCALE |     sug> ESCALATE
  hx> SINCE ANTIQUITY AND                   sug> CALIBER         
      IN MYTHOLOGY MOST                     sug> HIERARCHY
  MOST MEASURES ARE BASED ON A HUMAN SCALE  sug> RATING
  lit+   PROTAGORAS [#] IS ASSOCIATED WITH 
  maxim> "HOMO MENSURA" or
  " MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS "
  note FOOT  FINGER  CUBIT                  sug> ECHELON
  sp   CUBITO  = ULNA for FOREARM BONE      sug> RANK
  ukr  MIRA      MEASURE                    sug> DEGREE
  sp   MIRAR     TO SEE  as in MIRROR       sug> LEVEL
       MEDIO     HALF or MEANS
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       PULGADA   INCH
       PULGAR    THUMB
       PULGA     FLEA
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  med> MEDICINE  MEASURES POTIONS
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  sc>  MEASURES CAN BE MAGNITUDES AND NON MAGNITUDES
       NON MAGNITUDES ARE NON ADDITIVE 
  include IQ  TEMPERATURE etc ARE NON ADDITIVE
  hx>  ROMAN MEASURES ARE PRESERVED 
       PARTICULARLY BY THE BRITISH   
  note THE ROMAN UNITS MENT
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