measuring rod

What does measuring rod mean?

measuring rod means "measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements".

What is another word for measuring rod?

Close synonyms include measuring stick, measure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is measuring rod a common word?

measuring rod is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for measuring rod come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.