2. Verb. (third-person singular of metre) ¹
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Definition of Metres
1. metre [v] - See also: metre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metres
Literary usage of Metres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Distance So metres hurdle» High Jump Long Jump Shot Discus Javelin Pentathlon
Women's ... 800 metres.—i min. 46.6 sec. (DJN Johnson. 1957). 880 yards—i min. ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"2) is narrower than ita finished neighbour, 80 metres (262} feet), instead of 93
metres; yet the size appears excessive, unless it be intended as a building ..."
3. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1883)
"The quicksand was 28\SH metres in depth, and the cylinder lowered through the
same was barrel-like, of pitch pine. The shaft« were 133'88 metres deep, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"The bore had attained a depth of 2002 metres, exceeding by 255 metres that ...
The first 200 metres bored through consisted mainly of a greenish grey clay ..."
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