the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
quantity noun (quantities and units of measure)
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the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units. Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole, its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of ... (39 of 2682 words, 4 images)
in music, rhythmic pattern constituted by the grouping of basic temporal units, called beats, into regular measures, or bars; in Western notation, ... (22 of 332 words, 2 images)
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in poetry, the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line. Various principles, based on the natural rhythms of language, have been devised to organize poetic ... (24 of 565 words, 1 image)
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metre in measurement, fundamental unit of length in the metric system and in the International Systems of Units. It's equal to approximately 39.37 ... (23 of 230 words)
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It's equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches. | [British, rare] Alternative spelling of meter. | The... (30 of 115 words, 4 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation, 1 image)
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 ... (27 of 487 words, 4 definitions, 9 usage examples, pronunciations)
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 ... | "meter" : [music] ; the rhythmic element as measured by division into ... (25 of 286 words, 8 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
rhythm in verse; measured, patterned arrangement of syllables, primarily ... | the basic pattern of beats in successive measures of a piece of music: ... (23 of 207 words, 8 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse: rhythm that ... | the basic recurrent rhythmical pattern of note values, accents, and beats per ... (22 of 121 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or approximately 39.37 inches | ("---- metres") a race over a specified ... (24 of 67 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)
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the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line | the basic rhythmic pattern of beats in a piece of music: Do ... (30 of 119 words, 2 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
([abbreviation] "m") a unit of measurement equal to 100 centimetres (10 of 76 words, 6 usage examples, pronunciations)
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the regular arrangement of syllables in poetry according to the number and type of beats in a line (18 of 49 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
[countable, math] a unit for measuring length in the metric system, containing 100 centimetres | [countable/uncountable, literary] the patterns of ... (19 of 48 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
[British] Variant of "meter". | [British] Variant of "meter". (8 of 12 words, 2 definitions)
in music, the division of a composition into units of equal time value called measures, and the subdivision of those measures into an underlying ... (24 of 130 words)
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abbreviation m, fundamental unit of length in the metric system. The meter was originally defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the equator ... (23 of 108 words)
the basic SI unit of length, equivalent to approximately (1.094 yd) or (39.37 in.) m (15 of 37 words, pronunciation)
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Origin: The first recorded proposal for a decimal-based unit of length was the universal measure unit proposed by the English philosopher John Wilkins in 1668. In 1675, the Italian scientist Tito Livio Burattini, in his work Misura Universale,... (37 of 96 etymology words)
Origin: French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, "measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre") | Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek See #Etymology 1
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Origin: French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, "measure")
First use: 18th century | 14th century
Origin: from French; see metre2 | from Latin metrum, from Greek metron measure
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First use: 19th century | 18th century | 14th century
Origin: see mete1 | from French; see metre2 | from Latin metrum, from Greek metron measure | from Greek metron measure
Origin: British English spelling of "meter"; for suffix, see "-re".
First use: late 18th century
Origin: French mètre, from Greek metron "measure"
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Origin: Old English, reinforced in Middle English by Old French metre, from Latin metrum, from Greek metron "measure"
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Origin: Middle English (in the sense "person who measures"): from "mete1" + "-er1". The current sense dates from the 19th century
Origin: French mètre: see "-meter" | Middle English metre from Old French from Latin metrum from Greek metron, measure from ... (18 of 31 etymology words)
Origin: French -mètre, from Greek metron, measure; see mē- [entry 2] in Indo-European roots.
Origin: French -mètre, from Greek metron measure
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First use: before 12th century
Origin: Middle English, from Old English and Anglo-French; Old English mēter, from Latin metrum, from Greek metron measure, meter; ... (21 of 26 etymology words)
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First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English, from meten to mete
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First use: 1797
Origin: French mètre, from Greek metron measure
First use: Pre-12th century
Origin: Directly or via French metre from Latin metrum from Greek metron "measure"
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First use: Late 18th century
Origin: French metre from Greek metron
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