metered
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- adjective
- /ˈmiːtərd/
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medido
- Numerous studies over the past 30 years have shown that many patients cannot use inhalers correctly, and over 50% of them struggle to use a metered dose properly...
- metered parking
- metered parking spot
- metered dose
Examples
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Metered rides cost about RMB 20 and take 20 minutes.
Blog text (13) -
According to the census, San Francisco has over 280,000 metered and unmetered on-street parking spaces available and approximately 160,000 off-street spaces, including free, paid, customer-only, and permitted parking spaces.
Blog text (6) -
Parked in front of the restaurant in a metered space.
Blog text (4) -
Metered consumption is very clear and has an estimated uncertainty.
Academic text (2003) -
I'm lucky some days if I have 20 minutes for lunch, to run to the bank, and to move my car from one metered spot to the other.
Blog text (2) -
Metered consumption.
Academic text (2003) -
Even when done properly, only a fraction of the particles in a metered dose reach the lungs, with the rest sticking to the inside of the mouth and throat.
Blog text (29) -
I spread the ashes representing the second short life of Maxwell Sturges over the lawn near the blue mailboxes marked "IN TOWN," "OUT OF TOWN," and "METERED MAIL ONLY."
Fiction book (1995) -
Before sputum induction, all patients inhaled 200 mg of salbutamol via a metered dose inhaler.
Academic text (2000) -
I found a spot to park my car in a metered area, so I quickly put some coins in the machine.
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Etymology
The word metered comes from the Greek root metron, meaning 'measure', and it is the same root behind the device called a meter. If something is metered, a tool counts or limits how much you use, like a parking meter or a water meter, so your use is measured and controlled.