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ALL meanings of meter

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  • noun meter metric unit of length 1
  • noun meter gauge, measuring instrument 1
  • noun meter poem: rhythmic pattern of syllables 1
  • transitive verb meter measure using a meter 1
  • noun meter The fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimeters or approximately 39.37 inches. 1
  • noun Definition of meter in Technology (spelling)   US spelling of "metre". 1
  • noun meter an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated. 1
  • noun meter parking meter. 1
  • verb with object meter to measure by means of a meter. 1
  • verb with object meter to process (mail) by means of a postage meter. 1
  • countable noun meter A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used. 0
  • verb meter To meter something such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay. 0
  • countable noun meter A meter is the same as a parking meter. 0
  • noun meter any device that measures and records the quantity of a substance, such as gas, that has passed through it during a specified period 0
  • noun meter any device that measures and sometimes records an electrical or magnetic quantity, such as current, voltage, etc 0
  • verb meter to measure (a rate of flow) with a meter 0
  • verb meter to print with stamps by means of a postage meter 0
  • noun meter rhythm in verse; measured, patterned arrangement of syllables, primarily according to stress or length 0
  • noun meter the specific rhythm as determined by the prevailing foot and the number of feet in the line 0
  • noun meter the specific rhythmic pattern of a stanza as determined by the kind and number of lines 0
  • noun meter the basic pattern of beats in successive measures of a piece of music: it is usually indicated in the time signature 0
  • noun meter the basic unit of linear measure in the metric system, equal to 39.3701 inches: now defined in the SI system as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second 0
  • noun meter a person who measures; esp., an official who measures commodities 0
  • noun meter an instrument or apparatus for measuring; esp., an apparatus for measuring and recording the quantity or rate of flow of gas, electricity, or water passing through it 0
  • noun meter postage meter 0
  • noun meter parking meter 0
  • noun meter taximeter 0
  • verb transitive meter to measure or record with a meter or meters 0
  • verb transitive meter to provide in measured quantities 0
  • verb transitive meter to process (mail) in a postage meter 0
  • noun meter A meter is a metric unit of length equal to 100 centimeters. 0
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