Definitions for "Measured"
Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.
with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
A meaningless adjective (as in "measured musical poetry").
carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
Keywords:  mile, distance, less, determined
determined by measurement; "the measured distance was less than a mile"