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Uncommonmeter
The correct spelling is meter.
How to pronounce meter
/ˈmiːtə/
nounIPA: /ˈmiːtə/
Say it like: Met-er
The correct spelling is meter. (always meter) A device that measures things. For example: "a labouring coal-meter"
Usage Examples
“a labouring coal-meter”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(always meter) A device that measures things.
- 2.(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- 3.(always meter) One who metes or measures.
- 4.(elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
- 5.(elsewhere metre) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
verb
- 1.To measure with a metering device.
- 2.To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
- 3.To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
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