meter

/ˈmiːtə/ · noun

Meaning

(always meter) A device that measures things.
(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
(always meter) One who metes or measures.
(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.
(elsewhere metre) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
(elsewhere metre) The rhythm pattern in a poem.
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).

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