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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).

2. Verb. Measure with a meter. "Meter the flow of water"

3. Noun. Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity.

4. Verb. Stamp with a meter indicating the postage. "Meter the mail"

5. Noun. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meter

meteorology meteorology meteoromancy meteorometer meteoropathy meteoroscope meteorotropic meteors meteortropism meteor shower

meteor stream meteor swarm metepa metepas meter (current term) meter (current term) meter-candle meter-kilogram-second system meter-kilogram-second unit meterage

meterages metered metergasia metergoline metergram metering meters meterstick metersticks meter angle

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