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Definition of Meter
1. Noun. The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: Decimeter, Decimetre, Dm
Group relationships: Dam, Decameter, Decametre, Dekameter, Dekametre, Dkm
Derivative terms: Metric, Metrical, Metrical
2. Verb. Measure with a meter. "Meter the flow of water"
3. Noun. Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity.
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
4. Verb. Stamp with a meter indicating the postage. "Meter the mail"
5. Noun. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.
Category relationships: Metrics, Prosody
Generic synonyms: Poetic Rhythm, Prosody, Rhythmic Pattern
Specialized synonyms: Catalexis, Scansion, Common Measure, Common Meter, Foot, Metrical Foot, Metrical Unit
Derivative terms: Metrical, Metrical
6. Noun. Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration.
Definition of Meter
1. n. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
2. n. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
3. n. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.
Definition of Meter
1. to measure by mechanical means [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Meter
1. 1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter. 2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured. Dry meter, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and measure the gas by filling and emptying. Wt meter, a gas meter in which the revolution of a chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through it. Origin: From Mete to measure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)