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meter

verb

  1. to measure with an instrument, to run through a meter
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noun

  1. apparatus for automatically measuring quantity of something
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmitəɹ/ / [ˈmiɾɚ] / /ˈmiːtə/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English meter, metre, from Old English meter and Old French metre; both from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

  1. US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
  2. A poem.

    A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue

verb

Etymology: 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”).

  1. To measure with a metering device.
  2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
  3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).