Definition of Meter
Meter
me·ter


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A device that measures the quantity of something, such as length or flow rate.

e.g. The water meter showed that we used 100 gallons last month.

(verb)
the base unit of length in the International System of Units, defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second;

e.g. Five feet equals about 1.5 meters.



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