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Nov 27, 2009
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Pronunciation: (mezh'urd), [key]
—adj.
1. ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
2. accurately regulated or proportioned.
3. regular or uniform, as in movement; rhythmical: to walk with measured strides.
4. deliberate and restrained; careful; carefully weighed or considered: measured language; measured terms.
5. in the form of meter or verse; metrical.

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