尺しゃく度ど

noun

criterion; standard; measure; index

The most common modern use: a yardstick or standard for judging, evaluating, or measuring something abstract.

• 幸こう福ふくを測はかる尺しゃく度どは一ひとつではない。

  There is not just one measure of happiness.

• この調ちょう査さでは、収しゅう入にゅうを生せい活かつ水すい準じゅんの尺しゃく度どとして用もちいた。

  In this survey, income was used as an index of living standards.

noun

length; dimensions; size

A less everyday use referring to physical length or dimensions; in ordinary modern Japanese, 長さ or 寸法 is usually clearer.

• 古ふるい解かい説せつ文ぶんでは、尺しゃく度どが「寸すん法ぽう」や「長ながさ」の意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In older explanatory writing, 尺度 is sometimes used to mean 'dimensions' or 'length.'

noun

measuring rule; scale

Concrete measuring-instrument use, especially in technical or design-related contexts and compounds such as 三角尺度; 定規 or 物差し is more everyday for an ordinary ruler.

• 設せっ計けい図ずを読よむために三さん角かく尺しゃく度どを使つかった。

  I used an architect's triangular scale to read the blueprint.