The blue whale grows to over 30 metres long.
I stopped about fifty meters down the road.
...a parking meter.
He'd come to read the gas meter.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Mètre — (Meter), die Einheit des in der Revolutionsperiode eingeführten gesammten neuen französischen Längen , Flächen u. Hohlmaßes u. in Folge davon die Grundlage des französischen Gewichts. Der M. ist nach dem Gesetz vom 10. Dec. 1799 der… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Meter (music) — Musical and lyric metre. See also: Hymn meter and Poetic meter. Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry (Scholes 1977; Latham 2002) where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of… … Wikipedia
metre — [14] Greek métron meant ‘measure’: it came ultimately from the Indo European base *me ‘measure’, which also produced English measure, immense, etc. English originally acquired it, via Latin metrum and Old French metre, in the sense ‘measured… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
metre — [14] Greek métron meant ‘measure’: it came ultimately from the Indo European base *me ‘measure’, which also produced English measure, immense, etc. English originally acquired it, via Latin metrum and Old French metre, in the sense ‘measured… … Word origins
meter — me|ter1 [ˈmi:tə US ər] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: METER] 1.) a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay water/gas/electricity meter ▪ A man came to read the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Meter (disambiguation) — Meter or metre from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure) may refer to: Metre (also spelled meter), a unit of measurement of length Metre Rule, or International Rule (sailing), created for measuring and rating of yachts in sailing Meter or metre may… … Wikipedia
Metre — Meter Me ter, Metre Me tre, n. [OE. metre, F. m[ e]tre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. ?; akin to Skr. m[=a] to measure. See {Mete} to measure.] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meter — meter1 [mēt′ər] n. [ME metre < OFr < L metrum < Gr metron, measure < IE base * mē , to mark off, MEASURE] 1. a) rhythm in verse; measured, patterned arrangement of syllables, primarily according to stress or length: see also FOOT,… … English World dictionary
Meter — Me ter, Metre Me tre, n. [OE. metre, F. m[ e]tre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. ?; akin to Skr. m[=a] to measure. See {Mete} to measure.] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metre — me‧tre [ˈmiːtə ǁ ər] , meter written abbreviation m noun [countable] the basic unit for measuring length in the metric system: • This material is sold by the metre. * * * … Financial and business terms
