Meter
noun
A measurement tool that calculates distance measured in 'meters'.
The runner completed the race in less than a hundred meters.
Often appears as...
- hundred meters
- meter stick
noun
An instrument that measures and records certain things such as light, heat, or sound.
The electricity meter is running out of credit.
Often appears as...
- electricity meter
- gas meter
noun
In poetry, it's a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates rhythm.
Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter, a type of meter.
Often appears as...
- iambic meter
- poetic meter
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Literary
noun
In music, it's the rhythmic pattern created by the combination of stress and the length of notes.
The song has a four-beat meter.
Often appears as...
- four-beat meter
- rhythmical meter
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Technical
noun
A measurement tool that calculates distance measured in 'meters'.
The runner completed the race in less than a hundred meters.
Often appears as...
- hundred meters
- meter stick
noun
An instrument that measures and records certain things such as light, heat, or sound.
The electricity meter is running out of credit.
Often appears as...
- electricity meter
- gas meter
noun
In poetry, it's a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates rhythm.
Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter, a type of meter.
Often appears as...
- iambic meter
- poetic meter
Usage tips
Literary
noun
In music, it's the rhythmic pattern created by the combination of stress and the length of notes.
The song has a four-beat meter.
Often appears as...
- four-beat meter
- rhythmical meter
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Distance
Used to discuss length or distance in the physical world, often outdoors.
She lives a kilometer away, so I measured the distance with a meter wheel.
Pro Tip 2/3Sports Usage
Common in athletics to describe race lengths or field dimensions.
The football field is 100 meters long.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Device
Remember, 'meter' in this context isn’t a device but the unit used by devices.
I need a tape measure to check the meterage of this room.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Distance
Used to discuss length or distance in the physical world, often outdoors.
She lives a kilometer away, so I measured the distance with a meter wheel.
Pro Tip 2/3Sports Usage
Common in athletics to describe race lengths or field dimensions.
The football field is 100 meters long.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Device
Remember, 'meter' in this context isn’t a device but the unit used by devices.
I need a tape measure to check the meterage of this room.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Distance
Used to discuss length or distance in the physical world, often outdoors.
She lives a kilometer away, so I measured the distance with a meter wheel.
Pro Tip 2/3Sports Usage
Common in athletics to describe race lengths or field dimensions.
The football field is 100 meters long.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Device
Remember, 'meter' in this context isn’t a device but the unit used by devices.
I need a tape measure to check the meterage of this room.
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If superpowers were...
depending on how foamy your blood becomes. Okay, well, let's say you want to fly just a few meters above the ground where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans,
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David Mackay: A reality...
The third demand-side option I want to talk about, the third way to reduce energy consumption read your meters. People talk a lot about smart meters, but you can do it yourself. Use your own eyes and be smart. Read your meter, and if you're anything like me, it'll change your life.
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Why Shakespeare loved...
The pirate can only walk in iambs, a living reminder of Shakespeare's favorite meter. Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island
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The psychological weight...
walking every day was as good for my head as it was for my body and finally life's too short to live without ice cream when i was first diagnosed i made a list of all my favorite foods and i went and did a glycemic a personal glycemic index with my glucose meter of
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength
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10 TOP Natural History...
are close to a meter tall quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind his defiance buys time
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Corpse Flower Stinks of...
this is rafflesia the corpse flower a meter across it's the world's biggest flower
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Puffin Hunts Fish To...
minute and dive as deep as 40 meters the catch
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Journey to Chile's Wild...
at 100 meters there was life everywhere
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If superpowers were...
depending on how foamy your blood becomes. Okay, well, let's say you want to fly just a few meters above the ground where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans,
Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
The third demand-side option I want to talk about, the third way to reduce energy consumption read your meters. People talk a lot about smart meters, but you can do it yourself. Use your own eyes and be smart. Read your meter, and if you're anything like me, it'll change your life.
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
The pirate can only walk in iambs, a living reminder of Shakespeare's favorite meter. Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island
Video examples
The psychological weight...
walking every day was as good for my head as it was for my body and finally life's too short to live without ice cream when i was first diagnosed i made a list of all my favorite foods and i went and did a glycemic a personal glycemic index with my glucose meter of
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
are close to a meter tall quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind his defiance buys time
Video examples
Corpse Flower Stinks of...
this is rafflesia the corpse flower a meter across it's the world's biggest flower
Video examples
Puffin Hunts Fish To...
minute and dive as deep as 40 meters the catch
Video examples
Journey to Chile's Wild...
at 100 meters there was life everywhere
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
X. J. Kennedy
American Author
To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.
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Shakira
Musician
Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We're very alike; it's not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it's just that he was born 10 years later... he's a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American Athlete
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
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Jack Prelutsky
American Poet
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.
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George Cukor
American Producer
So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.
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Felix Dennis
British Publisher
I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
My father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry.
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Groucho Marx
American Comedian
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
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Vladimir Putin
Russian Statesman
I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.
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X. J. Kennedy
American Author
To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.
Quote examples
Shakira
Musician
Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We're very alike; it's not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it's just that he was born 10 years later... he's a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
Quote examples
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American Athlete
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
Quote examples
Jack Prelutsky
American Poet
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.
Quote examples
George Cukor
American Producer
So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.
Quote examples
Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.
Quote examples
Felix Dennis
British Publisher
I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
Quote examples
John Darnielle
American Musician
My father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry.
Quote examples
Groucho Marx
American Comedian
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
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Vladimir Putin
Russian Statesman
I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.
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