The Texas Rule of Thumb is: The further you travel Northwest, the higher the elevation and lower the precipitation, the further you travel Southeast, the lower the elevation, and higher the precipitation.
The rule of thumb in determining a delivery date is to count the number of days allotted pursuant to the applicable code section or rule, before adding the applicable extension of time.
work first on items due the soonest
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The purpose of measurement is to be able to have a group of units that everyone can use as a rule of thumb when trying to describe something's height, weight or volume.
Use the range rule of thumb; range/4 or 36/4 = 9.
It used to be that you could only beat your wife with a stick no thicker than your thumb.
"Rule of Thumb" means a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior.
The rule of thumb is not intended to be accurate or reliable for every given situation. When a person is doing something by the rule of thumb, they are taking an educated guess.
what does the phrase rule of thumb mean
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Perhaps you're thinking of the phrase, "rule of thumb".
'Rule of Thumb' was a very wise English rule that stated a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. Since that time, 'thumb rule' has come to describe various rough general guages for various activities and actions; waiting half-an-hour after eating before swimming, even though ther is no medical reason to do so, has become a 'thumb rule' for mothers. A case could be made for the 'Third Date Rule' being a rule of thumb. In Finance, the 'Rule of 72', i.e. that a given interest rate will double when the rate and the years multiplied equal 72; 6% interest for 12 years will double your money, 2% times 36 years, etc., would be a rule of thumb.
A useful principle but not intended to be reliable in every situation. Meaning the situation applies to everything because long ago the rule of thumb meant 1 inch equals your top of your thumb, so thats the rule of thumb. Over the years it has taken a more figurative meaning.
The general rule of thumb is that you should be able to see the tires of the car in front of you touching the pavement.
The rule of thumb is that the destructive power of an atomic bomb increases exponentially with its size.
there was a time when 1 inch was the 'rule of thumb' probably 25mm now