Definition of "meter" in Englisch

noun

1. A device that measures things.

2. (dated) One who metes or measures.

   • a labouring coal-meter

3. (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

verb

1. To measure with a metering device.

2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

noun

1. US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).

noun

1. US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).

2. (obsolete) A poem.