1. Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
   "The electrician used a meter to check the voltage"
    
2. [US] The basic unit of length adopted under the Système International d'Unités (approximately 1.094 yards)
   "The room was 5 meters wide";
   - metre [Brit, Cdn], m
    
3. [US] (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
   "The poem's regular meter gave it a rhythmic quality";
   - metre [Brit, Cdn], measure, beat, cadence
    
4. [US] Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
   "The dancer moved perfectly in meter with the music";
   - metre [Brit, Cdn], time [Brit]

1. Measure with a meter
   "meter the flow of water"
    
2. Stamp with a meter indicating the postage
   "meter the mail"

Sounds like: metal, meteter, m

Derived forms: metering, metered, meters

Type of: measure, measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system, metric linear unit, poetic rhythm, prosody, quantify, quantitate, rhythmic pattern, rhythmicity, stamp

Part of: dam, decameter [US], decametre [Brit, Cdn], dekameter [US], dekametre [Brit, Cdn], dkm [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Meter, Virginia