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Meaning
Noun
●
A
device
that
measures
things.
A
parking meter
or
similar
device
for
collecting
payment.
One who
metes
or measures.
●
In SI units:
The
base unit
of
length
in the International System of Units (SI),
conceived
as 1/10,000,000 of the
distance
from the North Pole to the Equator, and now
defined
as the
distance
light
will
travel
in a vacuum
in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
●
The
overall
rhythm
of a
song
or
poem
;
particularly
, the number of
beats
in a measure
or
syllables
in a line.
A poem.
●
A
line
above or below a
hanging
net
, to which the
net
is
attached
in order to
strengthen
it.
Verb
●
To
measure
with a
metering
device.
●
To
imprint
a
postage
mark
with a
postage
meter.
●
To
regulate
the
flow
of or to
deliver
in
regulated
amounts
(usually of
fluids
but sometimes of other things such as
anticipation
or breath).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
meter
English
mètre
French
metrum
Latin
μέτρον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Meter
Metre
Beater
Cheater
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