meter
has definitions from the fields of music,prosody,verse,writing
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[ noun ] the basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The radio_emission of a planet was first detected in 1955 , when Burke and Franklin ( 1955 ) identified the origin of interference like radio_noise on their records at about 15 meters wave_length as emission from Jupiter . At meter wave_lengths and increase of the order of 10 ` K in the average disk temperatures of the nearer planets would be expected . Very recently , observations have been made at 8 - mm wave_length with a reflector 22 meters in diameter with a resultant beam width of only about 2 ' ( Amenitskii , Noskova , and Salomonovich , 1960 ) . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)He concluded that the anaconda 's maximum length is 12 or 13 ( perhaps 14 ) meters , which would approximate from 39 to 42 feet ( 14 meters is slightly less that 46 feet ) . He concluded that the anaconda 's maximum length is 12 or 13 ( perhaps 14 ) meters , which would approximate from 39 to 42 feet ( 14 meters is slightly less that 46 feet ) . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)There is a possibility that battery powered radios with built-in radiation meters may become available . |
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[ verb ] measure with a meter
Examples "meter the flow of water" Used in print (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)The sewage flow into the treatment plant was metered and continuously recorded on 24 - hr charts . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Related terms poetic_rhythm common_measure scansion metrical_foot catalexis prosody |
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[ noun ] (music) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
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