Thesaurus: meter

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1. n. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
2. n. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
3. n. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
4. n. Alt. of Metre
5. n. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
6. n. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
7. n. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
8. n. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
9. v. measure with a meter
10. v. stamp with a meter indicating the postage
11. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net isattached in order to strengthen it.