Meternoun
(always meter) A device that measures things.
Metricadjective
of or relating to the metric system of measurement
Meternoun
(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
âgas meterâ;
Metricadjective
(music) of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
Meternoun
(always meter) (dated) One who metes or measures.
âa labouring coal-meterâ;
Metricadjective
of or relating to distance
Meternoun
The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
Metricnoun
A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering)
âWhat metric should be used for performance evaluation?â; âWhat are the most important metrics to track for your business?â; âIt's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.â; âHow to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.â; âThere is a lack of standard metrics.â;
Meternoun
(music) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
Metricnoun
(mathematics) A measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": , (2) "symmetry": , and (3) "triangle inequality": .
Meternoun
The rhythm pattern in a poem.
Metricnoun
(mathematics) a metric tensor
Meternoun
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
Metricnoun
abbreviation of metric system
Meternoun
(obsolete) A poem.
Metricverb
To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
âWe need to metric the status of software documentation.â; âWe need to metric the verification of requirements.â; âWe need to metric the system failures.â; âThe project manager is metricking the closure of the action items.â; âCustomer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.â;
Meterverb
to measure with a metering device.
Metricadjective
Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
Meterverb
to imprint a postage mark with a postage meter
Metricadjective
Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
Meterverb
to regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath)
Metricnoun
a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
Meternoun
One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
Metricnoun
a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds);
âconvert all the measurements to metric unitsâ; âit is easier to work in metricâ;
Meternoun
An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
Metricnoun
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
Meternoun
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
Metricadjective
based on the meter as a standard of measurement;
âthe metric systemâ; âmetrical equivalentsâ;
Meternoun
Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.
âThe only strict antithesis to prose is meter.â;
Metricadjective
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
Meternoun
A poem.
Meternoun
A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric.
Meternoun
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Meternoun
any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
Meternoun
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Meternoun
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
Meterverb
measure with a meter;
âmeter the flow of waterâ;
Meterverb
stamp with a meter indicating the postage;
âmeter the mailâ;