A part of a line of written music

[GoldfishLord]

measure
6 [count] chiefly US, music : a part of a line of written music that is between two vertical lines or the group of beats between these lines

Source: https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/measure

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Judging from the context, "a line" means a staff, having five lines.
I think it is wrong to say that a line is a staff.
What do you think about that?

 

[SoothingDave]

It doesn't say that a line is a staff.

Do you understand the definition of what a measure is?

 

[GoldfishLord]

Do you understand the definition of what a measure is?

Yes, I do. However, I'm not sure what "a line of written music" refers to.

 

[probus]

Well @GoldfishLord, in any dispute between you and Encyclopedia Britannica, my money's on Britannica. Moreover the Macmillan Dictonary agrees with Britannica. See definition 14 here:

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[Rover_KE]

Here are two bars of written music.

American English usually prefers 'measures' to 'bars'.

The staff (or stave) is the group of five lines on which the notes are written.

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