meter
nounEtymology
From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc. Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”).
Definitions
A device that measures things.
One who metes or measures.
- a labouring coal-meter
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen…
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
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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…
To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
US standard spelling of metre (“a unit of measure”).
US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
A poem.
- A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue
The neighborhood
- neighbormetster
Derived
Ampère meter, anglemeter, coal-meter, cover meter, digital meter, drift meter, dry meter, electricity meter, electric meter, E-meter, energy meter, exposure meter, feed the meter, flowmeter, gas meter, gas meter bandit, glossmeter, gravity meter, light meter, meterable, meterage, meter attendant, meterful, meter maid, meterman, meter stamp, nuclear hydrogen detection meter, parking meter, paymeter, peak flow meter, pH meter, pin the meter, pressuremeter, Q meter, rainmeter, ramp meter, smart meter, S meter, Stimpmeter, submeter · +37 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at meter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at meter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at meter
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA