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

Sounds like: m

Derived forms: metres

Type of: metric linear unit, poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern, rhythmicity

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

Encyclopedia: Metre