ruler
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- noun
- /ˈruːlər/
:
regla
- In math class, we often use a ruler to help us create accurate diagrams.
- ruler and protractor
- ruler and compass
- a small ruler
It's like trying to use a ruler to measure sound.
- It's like trying to use a ruler to measure sound.
- Behold Straya, a folding ruler fit for a creator like yourself.
- So let's say I had a ruler in front of me.
- Because God in his creation doesn't have to use a ruler, right?
- It's mashstab, which quite literally means like a ruler, you know?
- OK, so without, let's say they had no rulers, no, like no measuring devices.
- And, and so that's the ruler against which we measure the wavelength of light.
Examples
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There she bought new exercise books, a pencil, a ruler, and a notebook.
Fiction book (1996) -
On the floor beside him is a ruler and a sheet of rubberized paper.
Fiction book (1992) -
Here you simply just take a ruler and boom, one square foot.
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So let's say I had a ruler in front of me.
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Let me get a ruler.
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So I handed out a small ruler and asked the kids to measure the giraffes.
Academic text (1995) -
Her father seized a plastic ruler from beside some school books and brandished it.
Fiction book (1997) -
The painter of the Shanghai scroll relied completely on the tools of a ruler, square, and straightedge.
Academic text (2002) -
To draw a straight line, you can use a ruler to guide your pencil.
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Please measure the length of the paper with a ruler before cutting it.
Synonyms
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A flat strip of wood, metal, or plastic used to draw straight lines
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A flexible strip marked with numbers used to measure length
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A stick about one yard long used to measure length
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A long rod with marks for measuring length
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A long flexible strip with numbers that measures length
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A ruler one foot long used to measure length
A long rod with marks at regular spaces to show how long something is
A ruler exactly one yard long used to measure cloth and short distances
Compounds
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ruler for the measuring tool comes from the Latin word regula, which means 'straight stick' or 'rule', and shares the same root as the familiar word rule, so a ruler is literally a straight stick used to draw lines and measure length.