meter reading

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	meter reading - a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"reading, indicationdata point, datum - an item of factual information derived from measurement or researchclock time, time - a reading of a point in time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock"miles per hour, mph - a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel
	2.	meter reading - the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"readingmeasurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"