meter¹ /mēˈtər/

1. A measurer
2. An apparatus for measuring, esp the quantity of a fluid, or of electricity, used
3. A gauge or indicator
4. A parking meter

To measure by a meter

meter maid or meter man noun (facetious)

A traffic warden

-meter /-mi-tər or -mē-/

1. Denoting: an instrument for measuring
2. A line of poetry with a specified number of feet, as in pentameter

-metric /-met-rik/ or -metrical adj combining form

-metrically adv combining form

-metry /-mi-tri/ combining form

1. Signifying: measuring
2. The science of measuring

metre¹ or (US) meter /mēˈtər/

1. A base SI unit, the unit of length (symbol m), orig intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from pole to equator
2. Later the distance between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar kept in Paris
3. Currently defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of a specific fraction of a second
4. By British Act of Parliament (1963) 1 yard equals 0.9144 metre

metric /metˈrik/ adjective

Relating to the metre, or to the metric system

metˈrically adverb

metˈricate transitive verb and intransitive verb

To convert or change to the metric system

metricāˈtion noun

meˈtre-kilˈogram-secˈond adjective

Relating to a system of scientific units for length, mass and time (abbrev MKS), now largely superseded by the SI

meˈtre-kilˈogram-secˈond-amˈpere adjective

Relating to the Giorgi system of scientific units for length, mass, time and current (abbrev MKSA)

metric hundredweight see under hundred

metric system noun

The SI or any decimal system of weights and measures

metric ton see under tonne

metre² or (US) meter /mēˈtər/

1. The regulated succession of groups of syllables (long and short, stressed and unstressed) in which poetry is usually written
2. Verse, or poetry generally
3. A scheme of versification, the character of a stanza as consisting of a given number of lines composed of feet of a given number, arrangement, and kind
4. Musical time

To versify

metred /mēˈtərd/ adjective

Rhythmical

metric /metˈrik/ or metˈrical adjective

1. Relating to metre
2. In metre
3. Consisting of verses

metˈrically adverb

metrician /me-trishˈən/ noun

A metricist

metˈricist /-sist/ noun

1. A person skilled in metres
2. Someone who writes in metre

metˈricize or metˈricise /-sīz/ transitive verb

To analyse the metre of

metˈrics singular noun

The art or science of versification (also metˈric)

metrificāˈtion noun

1. Metrical structure
2. The act of writing verse

metˈrifier noun

A versifier

metˈrist noun

1. A person skilled in the use of metre
2. A person who studies metre

metromāˈnia noun

A mania for writing verse

common metre

A quatrain in eights and sixes, of four and of three iambic feet alternately (also service metre, from its use in the metrical psalms, etc, and ballad metre, from its use in old ballads)

long metre

An octosyllabic quatrain, the four lines with four feet each

short metre

The quatrain in sixes, with the third line octosyllabic

• rances
• ranch
• ranched
• rancher
• rancheria
• rancherias
• rancherie
• rancheries
• ranchero
• rancheros
• ranchers
• ranches
• ranching
• ranchings
• ranchman
• ranchmen
• rancho
• ranchos
• rancid
• rancider
• rancidest
• rancidities
• rancidity
• rancidness
• rancidnesses