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Meanings
noun
  • US spelling of metre1.
noun
  • a device that measures and records the quantity, degree, or rate of something.
    E.g. an electricity meter
verb
  • measure or regulate by means of a meter.
    E.g. the huge capital outlay required to meter every household is not available
noun
  • US spelling of metre2.
-meter
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combining form
  • in names of measuring instruments.
    E.g. thermometer
  • in nouns denoting lines of poetry with a specified number of measures.
    E.g. hexameter
metre
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Meanings
noun
  • the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system.
    E.g. sit two metres away from the TV screen
metre
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noun
  • the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line.
    E.g. the Horatian ode has an intricate governing metre

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