Meter
['mitɚ] or ['mitɚr]
Definition
(noun.) any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity.
(noun.) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration.
(noun.) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.
(noun.) the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
(verb.) measure with a meter; 'meter the flow of water'.
(verb.) stamp with a meter indicating the postage; 'meter the mail'.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
(n.) An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
(n.) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
(n.) Alt. of Metre
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Metre.] Measure (of verse), poetical measure, rhythmical arrangement (of syllables).
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Definition
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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Examples
- Water is poured into that external case until the gas-meter is rather more than half filled, the level of the water being shown at _i_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The driver stopped his horse and lowered the metal sign on his meter. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After outlining the duties of the meter man, Edison says: I should not take too young a man for this, say, a man from twenty-three to thirty years old, bright and businesslike. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Houston & Kennelly in their Electricity in Everyday Life sum the matter up as follows: The Edison chemical meter is capable of giving fair measurements of the amount of current passing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Once again he went to the customer's meter to look around, when a small piece of thick wire on the floor caught his eye. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Among these first came the gas meter and pressure regulator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The wet meter is composed of an outer box about three-fifths filled with water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We had meters in which there were two bottles of liquid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lieb wrote from Milan, Italy, that he had in use on the Edison system there 360 meters ranging from 350 ampere-hours per month up to 30,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The meters commonly used measure the amperes, volts, and time automatically, and register the electric power supplied in watt hours. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Edison had perfect confidence in his meters, and also in the ultimate judgment of the public as to the superiority of the incandescent electric light as against other illuminants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ward Leonard, installed the meters and became meter man, in order that he might study in every intimate detail the improvements and refinements necessary in that branch of the industry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Shepard went on to state that the chemical meters were gradually displaced, and that on September 1, 1898, there were on the system 5619 mechanical and 4874 chemical. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Twenty were exposed to the air on the heights of the Jura at an altitude of eight hundred and fift y meters above sea-level; the contents of five of these subsequently putrefied. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is worthy of note, as to the promptness with which the Edison stations became paying properties, that four of the metered stations were earning upward of 15 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison himself is, however, the best repertory of stories when it comes to the difficulties of that early period, in connection with metering the current and charging for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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