Definitions for meter
meter
me·ter
Spelling: [mee-ter]
IPA: /ˈmi tər/
Meter is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 48 anagrams from letters in meter (eemrt).
Definitions for meter
noun
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the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
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Music.
the rhythmic element as measured by division into parts of equal time value.
the unit of measurement, in terms of number of beats, adopted for a given piece of music. Compare measure (def 14).
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Prosody.
poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.
a particular form of such arrangement, depending on either the kind or the number of feet constituting the verse or both rhythmic kind and number of feet (usually used in combination):
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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.
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parking meter.
verb (used with object)
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to measure by means of a meter.
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to process (mail) by means of a postage meter.
Origin of meter
1790-1800; French mètre Greek métron measure
Examples for meter
Doritos: Dog-Collar Revenge Year: 2010 Ad meter Score: 8.27 Kellogg Grade: B Share Price Change: 3.30 percent 5.
His greatest work, "Harmony and meter," was published in 1853.
It was all a new experience to him, and his meter was registering the time.
The meter only registered eightpence, but she gave me half-a-crown.
Not more than half a meter from the pavement, it checked its fall and settled.
Bud Light: Rescue Dog Weego Year: 2012 Ad meter Score: 8.42 Kellogg Grade: C Share Price Change: 1.61 percent 6.
On one recent night, with only a brief break between, she had two five-hour private sessions—the meter running by the minute.
It even included a meter to determine the current actually consumed.
You can only see from above about a meter below the surface.
Skechers: Dog in Sneakers Year: 2012 Ad meter Score: 8.57 Kellogg Grade: A Share Price Change: 1.74 percent 2.