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noun(me-ter)systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse:
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noun(me-ter)rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern
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noun(me-ter)rhythm characterized by regular recurrence of a systematic arrangement of basic patterns in larger figures
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noun(me-ter)one that measures; especially : an official measurer of commodities
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noun(me-ter)the base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/2₉₉,₇₉₂,₄₅₈ second or to about 39.37 inches
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noun(me-ter)an instrument for measuring and sometimes recording the time or amount of something
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noun(me-ter)postage meter; also : a marking printed by a postage meter
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verb(me-ter)to measure by means of a meter
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verb(me-ter)to supply in a measured or regulated amount
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verb(me-ter)to print postal indicia on by means of a postage meter
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noun combining form(me-ter)instrument or means for measuring
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noun(me-ter)a meter consisting chiefly of iambic lines of 7 accents each arranged in rhymed pairs usually printed in 4-line stanzas —called also common meter
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noun(me-ter)a device for indicating correct photographic exposure under varying conditions of illumination
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noun(me-ter)dactylic hexameter especially of epic verse of classical times —called also heroic meter
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noun(me-ter)the iambic pentameter used especially in English epic poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries —called also heroic line, heroic meter
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noun(me-ter)the meter-kilogram-second gravitational unit of work and energy equal to the work done by a kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force : about 7.235 foot-pounds