the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"
large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"
a device for showing the operating condition of some system
a signal for attracting attention
(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction
the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap"
a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; "children can manage snaps better than buttons"
a sudden breaking
the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped"
snap close with a sound; "The lock snapped shut"
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"
cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers"
put in play with a snap; "snap a football"
move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us"