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Meter   /mˈitər/   Listen
Meter

noun
1.
The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).  Synonyms: m, metre.
2.
Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity.
3.
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.  Synonyms: beat, cadence, measure, metre.
4.
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration.  Synonyms: metre, time.
verb
1.
Measure with a meter.
2.
Stamp with a meter indicating the postage.



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"Meter" Quotes from Famous Books



... man is still the most precious machine—a machine that money cannot reproduce—that gun-machinery is so much in favour, and every commander wants to use shells as freely as you use city water when you do not pay for it by meter. ...
— My Year of the War • Frederick Palmer
... were up all night with the current meter; it is not quite satisfactory, but some result has been obtained. They will also get a series of temperatures and samples and ...
— Scott's Last Expedition Volume I • Captain R. F. Scott
... Merry gaja. Mesh masxo. Mess kunmangxi. Message depesxo. Messenger sendito. Messiah Savonto, Mesio. Messmate kunmangxanto. Metal metalo. Metallic metala. Metallurgy metalurgio. Metaphor metaforo. Mete dividi, disdoni. Meteor meteoro. Meteorology meteorologio. Meter mezurilo. Method metodo. Metre metro. Metric metra. Metropolis cxefurbo. Mettle fervoro, kuragxo. Mew katbleki. Miasma miasmo. Mica glimo. Microbe mikrobo. Microscope mikroskopo. Midday tagmezo. Middle centro. Middle meza. Midnight noktomezo. ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
... at some length that I must go first to the gas office, leave a deposit to secure them, in case of my sudden and absent-minded departure from the neighborhood, and ask that a man be sent around to put in a meter, and turn on the gas in our apartment. With good luck some result might be ...
— The Van Dwellers - A Strenuous Quest for a Home • Albert Bigelow Paine
... "At 384 Meter Avenue," she promptly answered. I nearly dropped the paddle (we were canoeing at the moment), I ...
— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman


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