Measure

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In mathematics, measure can mean the amount of degrees in an angle, the length of a line segment, or a function that assigns a number to subsets of a given set.

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The measure of $\overline{AB}$ is indicated by $AB$ , without the bar on top. If $\overline{AB}\cong\overline{CD}$ , then $AB=CD$ .

The measure of $\angle ABC$ is indicated by $\mbox{m}\angle ABC$ . If $\angle ABC\cong\angle DEF$ , then $\mbox{m}\angle ABC=\mbox{m}\angle DEF$ .

The measure of an angle can expressed in degrees or in radians.

The measure of an arc of a given circle is given by the measure of the central angle subtended by it.

The measure of a set is known as the set's cardinality. If $S=\{-2,\,\pi,\,7\}$ , then the cardinality of set $S$ is $3$ .