METER
\mˈiːtə], \mˈiːtə], \m_ˈiː_t_ə]\
Definitions of METER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
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measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water"
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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
By Princeton University
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One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
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An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
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A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
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Alt. of Metre
By Oddity Software
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One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
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An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
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A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
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Alt. of Metre
By Noah Webster.
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An instrument for measuring and recording the quantity measured; as, a gas meter, etc.; the unit of length in the metric system, equal to 39.37 inches; arrangement of syllables in verse; rhythm; poetical measure. Also, metre.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Metric measure equivalent to 39.871 inches.
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
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Rhythmical arrangement of syllables, as in poetry.
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An instrument for measuring fluids, gases, etc.
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The fundamental unit of length in the metric system; 39.37 inches. See METRIC SYSTEM.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An instrument that measures, as gas-meter; metestick, on shipboard, a measure used to preserve proper levels in storing the cargo.
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A measure-see mete.
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Poetical measure-see metre.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [English] One who, or that which, metes or measures; specifically, an instrument for measuring the consumption of gas; an instrument for measuring the consumption of water;— a licensed measurer of coals before they are delivered out for sale.
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