Definitions for meter
ˈmi tərme·ter

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. meter, metre, m(noun)

   the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

2. meter(noun)

   any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity

3. meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence(noun)

   (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

4. meter, metre, time(verb)

   rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

5. meter(verb)

   measure with a meter

   "meter the flow of water"

6. meter(verb)

   stamp with a meter indicating the postage

   "meter the mail"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. meter(Noun)

   (always meter) A device that measures things.

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

2. meter(Noun)

   A parking meter.

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

3. meter(Noun)

   The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

4. meter(Noun)

   an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

5. meter(Noun)

   The rhythm pattern in a poem.

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

6. meter(Verb)

   To measure with a metering device.

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

7. meter(Verb)

   To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter

   Etymology: From mètre, from μέτρον

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Meter(noun)

   one who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter

   Etymology: [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. . See Meter rhythm.]

2. Meter(noun)

   an instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured

   Etymology: [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. . See Meter rhythm.]

3. Meter(noun)

   a line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it

   Etymology: [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. . See Meter rhythm.]

4. Meter(noun)

   alt. of Metre

   Etymology: [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. . See Meter rhythm.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Meter

   Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of syllables in each line and the arrangement of those syllables as long or short, accented or unaccented. Hence it may also refer to the pattern of lines and accents in the verse of a hymn or ballad, for example, and so to the organization of music into regularly recurring measures or bars of stressed and unstressed "beats", indicated in Western music notation by a time signature and bar-lines. The terminology of western music is notoriously imprecise in this area. MacPherson preferred to speak of "time" and "rhythmic shape", Imogen Holst of "measured rhythm". However, London has written a book about musical metre, which "involves our initial perception as well as subsequent anticipation of a series of beats that we abstract from the rhythm surface of the music as it unfolds in time". This "perception" and "abstraction" of rhythmic measure is the foundation of human instinctive musical participation, as when we divide a series of identical clock-ticks into "tick-tock-tick-tock". "Rhythms of recurrence" arise from the interaction of two levels of motion, the faster providing the pulse and the slower organizing the beats into repetitive groups. "Once a metric hierarchy has been established, we, as listeners, will maintain that organization as long as minimal evidence is present".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Meter

   a form of metre.

2. Meter

   mē′tėr, n. one who, or that which, measures, esp. an apparatus for recording automatically the quantity of a fluid passing through it, as in gas-meter, water-meter, &c.—v.t. to measure by a meter.—n. Mē′terage.—Dry meter, a gas-meter with bellows-like apparatus and no liquid. [Metre.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. METER

   The gas man's trysting place. "Meet her in the cellar!"

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. meter

   The French standard of linear measure, intended to be the ten-millionth part of the earth’s quadrant, from the equator to the pole. It is equal to 39.370 British, or 39.369 American inches.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. meter

   A type of device created to measure a quantity of power or energy.

   The electricity meter was on the wall up near the ceiling.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020  

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Meter

   the standard of length in the metric system = 39.37 inches: see centimeter and millimeter.

Anagrams for meter »

1. remet

2. retem

3. metre

How to pronounce meter?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say meter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meter in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of meter in a Sentence

1. Steve Prefontaine:

   A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself.

2. Unknown:

   If nothingness could be measured, the level of his reflection would serve as a standard meter!

3. Brendan McLeod:

   We think we can expect to do (the 100-meter race) in about a minute and a half.

4. Fabrice:

   If nothingness could be measured, the level of his reflection would serve as a standard meter!

5. Donny Zhang:

   A small counter might only be one meter wide in size, but their yearly revenue could be 10 million yuan ($1.43 million).

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