meter
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈmiːtər/
:
medidor
- He checked the electricity meter to see how much power they had used this month.
- meter reading
- read the meter
- use the meter
So let's go power meter in hand and get started.
- So let's go power meter in hand and get started.
- I'm just going to set my metre to continuity.
- Do you use meters and to check levels of things like that?
- I go through under the parking meter and I hear what happened.
- He's got this like meter, kind of like a Ghostbusters meter with a long stretchy tube on top.
- See if your temp meter runs, you push the power button.
- But my fun meter is not as high as normal.
- And he has his phone as the meter, which is the first suspicious thing.
- Or equally well, I could say, ah, the meter stick is shrinking.
- OK, so let's apply our life meter to Earth.
Examples
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You know, I just realized I didn't put any money in the parking meter.
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So let's get the meter, see what we've got.
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So maybe people just keep the meter running for months and months and years and years.
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No one's supposed to check that meter for at least a month.
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So let's go power meter in hand and get started.
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Gotta go feed the meter.
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As the wheel turns, the distance is recorded on this meter.
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And as soon as the meter hits $10, I'm accepting.
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Its photovoltaic electricity is sent from the inverter through an electrical meter and directly to the grid.
Academic text (2011) -
Many city buildings and city-owned parking lots were renovated; parking meters, water meters, and fire hydrants were replaced or repaired.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
45
3.9
A device that shows how much or how full something is, like a fuel meter
2
3.0
A tool that shows how big, heavy, or hot something is
1
3.1
A tool that measures things like size or weight
A tool that measures things like rain or pressure
Compounds
12
2.3
A machine by a parking space that takes coins or cards to let you park for a short time
1
3.4
A device that measures and records how much electricity a home or business uses
- Literature
1
8.5
A four-line poem pattern with alternating long and short lines used in hymns and ballads
- Specialized
1
3.6
A device that measures how much electricity a circuit or appliance uses
- Archaic
A historical measure of length equal to the length of a pendulum that takes one second to swing
- Specialized
A device with a pointer that moves evenly as the measured value changes
- Specialized
A tool that measures how strongly the Earth pulls on things in different places
- Archaic
A former unit of length based on a pendulum that swings once in one second
How Accurate
- Specialized
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3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meter for an instrument comes from the Greek metron, 'measure'. Like in thermometer or speedometer, a meter is a tool that shows how much of something there is.