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Meaning of "foot rule" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOT RULE

foot rule play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOT RULE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foot rule is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOOT RULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foot rule in the English dictionary

The definition of foot rule in the dictionary is a rigid measure, one foot in length.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOT RULE

foot
foot brake
foot fault
foot fault judge
foot passenger
foot patrol
foot patrolman
foot patrolmen
foot rot
foot soldier
foot traffic
foot valve
foot-and-mouth
foot-and-mouth disease
foot-candle
foot-dragging
foot-lambert
foot-pound
foot-pound-second
foot-pound-second unit

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOT RULE

as a rule
board rule
chain rule
direct rule
gag rule
global rule
golden rule
ground rule
home rule
house rule
majority rule
martial rule
mob rule
phase rule
phrase-structure rule
rewrite rule
rule
slide rule
the rule
trapezoid rule
unit rule

Synonyms and antonyms of foot rule in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foot rule» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOT RULE

Find out the translation of foot rule to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foot rule from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foot rule» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

治脚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

regla del pie
570 millions of speakers

English

foot rule
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैर नियम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حكم القدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правило ноги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

regra pé
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাদদেশ নিয়ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

règle de pied
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peraturan kaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fuß-Regel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

足のルール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발 규칙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aturan kaki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thước dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கால் ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुट नियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ayak kural
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

regola piede
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zasada stóp
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правило ноги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regulă picior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κανόνας πόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voet reël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tumstock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fots regelen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foot rule

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOT RULE»

The term «foot rule» is normally little used and occupies the 119.299 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOT RULE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foot rule» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foot rule» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foot rule

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOT RULE»

Discover the use of foot rule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foot rule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Coaching Baseball Successfully
If you are starting at home plate and working your way around the bases, one of the first rules that you want to coach is the 45-foot rule. Any ball hit in front of home plate requires the offensive player to run the last 45 feet to first base in the  ...
Mike Curran, Ross Newhan, 2007
2
Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China: A Study of ...
Righteousness (yi^i), Office (guan TiT ), Plunder (jiefy), Harm (hai *§) and Root ( ben^).74 Whoever constructs a door has to adhere to the method of the foot-rule. In the case of a small one-leaved door the doorway is taken as 2 chi and 1 cun ...
Klaas Ruitenbeek, 1996
3
Masonry Skills
There are ten different brick spacing scales on one side, and inches, 8ths, and 16ths on the opposite side, which is a standard 6-foot rule. An important feature of a course counter rule is that it shows how many courses of brick there are in a  ...
R. T. Kreh, 2002
4
Popular Science
Laying Out Angles with a Two-Foot Rule THE average carpenter who has any occa- s i o n to lay out an angle which does not require absolute accuracy, such as can be obtained with a protractor, can secure fairly accurate results with the use ...
5
Precision Measurement in the Metal Working Industry
In Figure 15 two shrink rules, for brass (A) and for cast iron (C), are shown in comparison with a standard foot rule (B). Note that inch marks on the shrink rules do not match the corresponding marks on the standard rule and that this variation  ...
Corp Ibm, Ibm Education Department, 1978
6
Selling and Communication Skills for Lawyers: A Fresh ...
Many good business developers practice the "five-foot rule," i.e.: Thou shalt say hello to anyone who is within five feet of you. The five-foot rule works because you never know who you're sitting next to. Here's a personal example. As an avid  ...
Joey Asher, 2005
7
The Measurement of Roundwood: Methodologies and Conversion ...
... 46-47 Maine Rule 199 New Brunswick Board Foot Rule 201 New Brunswick Cubic Metre 198 New Zealand 3-D and Mid-girth 37-38 Newfoundland Board Foot Rule 200 Norwegian Cubic Log Scale 197 Ontario Board Foot Rule 202 Ontario ...
Matthew A. Fonseca, 2005
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The World of Mathematics
Alice's foot-rule, held vertically, has also shrunk: its length in fact is 1 X x l X 16 : ——— = 0-8 foot. f 20 110W Alice repudiates the idea that she has grown smaller , and to convince Alicia she takes her foot-rule and uses it to measure herself, ...
James R. Newman
9
Handbook of Mathematics and Statistics for the Environment
With the exception of the Smalian cubic volume rule, all specific rules are board- foot rules. Each board-foot rule is represented by a table showing an arbitrary estimate of the amount of lumber a log of given length and diameter can produce.
Frank R. Spellman, Nancy E. Whiting, 2013
10
Administrative Law
Our doubts about the scope of the regulation that the eight-foot rule is said to be “ interpreting” might seem irrelevant, since even if a rule requiring an eight-foot perimeter fence could not be based on the regulation, it could be based on the ...
John DeLeo, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOT RULE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foot rule is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dearborn considering smoking ban at city parks - News - Press and …
In Ann Arbor there's a 25-foot rule. Councilman Mike Sareini is not in favor of a “measurement ban,” because it would be too challenging to ... «Dearborn Press and Guide, Jul 15»
2
Cheetah's Engaged in Pattern of Illegal Activity, Judge Rules | NBC …
Those rules are known as the "no touch rule", the "six foot rule," and the "no fondling rule," according to court papers. A judge ruled that the city ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
3
Balcony mishaps in residential towers
... investigators noted that the building code for 2007 (the year the building was constructed) would have included a 60 lbs-per-square-foot rule ... «REMI Network - Real Estate Management Industry Network, Jul 15»
4
The Other Three-Foot Rule
There are many miles of concrete dedicated to cyclists in this town, but not all are created equal. The ones along the bayous—or any of the ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jul 15»
5
San Diego within rights to close strip joint, judge tentatively rules …
The six-foot rule is meant to keep the dancers away from patrons. Cheetahs has remained open as Coe appealed the city's decision to revoke ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
6
Hotel at Capitola City Hall site rejected - Santa Cruz Sentinel
... in the discussion involving the city hall property at 420 Capitola Ave. because of a June 15 ruling by the state agency on the 500-foot rule. «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
7
Appeals Court Upholds West OC Pier Variance Ruling
... 180 feet across marshland on the north side of the property, well in excess of the stated 100-foot rule for piers in the county's critical area law. «The Dispatch, Jul 15»
8
After Months of Hedging, Palm Coast Approves New Rules on Yard …
The city stressed that it does not intend to regulate landscape features, aside from the 3-foot rule. A week ago council member Bill McGuire, the ... «FlaglerLive.com, Jul 15»
9
WHP enforces new “three-foot rule” for bicycle safety
Wyoming Highway Patrol began enforcing a new law last week that requires motorists to give bicyclists at least 3 feet of distance while passing ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 15»
10
Officials, Boaters Share Lake Safety Tips Following Deadly Weekend
They worry about people not following the 150 foot rule, which is the distance boats are required to be from docks in no wake zones. Boating at ... «TWC News, Jul 15»

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