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noun
- 1. the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line: "the Horatian ode has an intricate governing metre"
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The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum in 1 299 792 458 of a second.
METRE definition: 1. a unit of measurement equal to 100 centimetres: 2. the regular arrangement of syllables in…. Learn more.
noun. a metric unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards. the basic SI unit of length; the length of the path travelled by light in free space during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
Meter is a metric measurement slightly longer than a yard; thus, a 100-meter dash might take you a second longer than a 100-yard dash. But the word has a different sense in music, where people aren't separated by whether they use the metric system.
The basic unit of length in the metric system; it was originally planned so that the circumference of the Earth would be measured at about forty million meters. A meter is 39.37 inches. Today, the meter is defined to be the distance light travels in 1 / 299,792,458 seconds.
Definition of metre noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a unit of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or approximately 1.094 yards: The property lies within approximately 150 metres from the construction site but would not be directly affected.
A metre (US spelling, meter) is the basic unit of length in the SI measurement system. The symbol for the metre is m. The first meaning (in the French Revolution) was one ten-millionth of the distance between the Earth's equator and the North Pole along the Paris meridian.
meter noun (DEVICE) [ C ] a device that measures the amount of gas, water, or electricity used. [ C ] In a taxi (= car whose driver you pay to take you somewhere), a meter is the device that measures the distance or the amount of time spent traveling and records how much you have to pay.
6 days ago · The meaning of METRE is chiefly British spelling of meter.
