Meter (disambiguation)
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The meter or metre is a unit of measurement of length.
Meter or metre may also refer to :
Spelled metre or meter
Poetry or music
- Metre (poetry), the regular linguistic sound patterns of a verse
- Meter (music), the regular underlying temporal grid of music
- Meter (hymn), the syllable patterns in hymn stanzas
Other uses
- Metre Rule or International Rule (sailing), for measuring and rating of yachts
- Metrical phonology, a theory of stress or prominence of speech units in linguistics
Spelled meter only
Measuring instruments
- Dip meter, an instrument to measure resonant frequency of radio frequency circuits
- E-meter, a modified ohmmeter used during Dianetics and Scientology auditing
- Electricity meter, an instrument use to measure the amount of electric energy
- Electrometer, an electrical instrument for measuring electric charge or electrical potential difference
- Gas meter, an instrument use to measure a volume of fuel gases
- Glucose meter, a medical device for determining the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood
- Light meter, a device use to measure the amount of light
- Multimeter, an electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit
- pH meter, an electrical device use to measure acidity or alkalinity
- Smart meter, an electrical instrument that records consumption of electric energy, similar to electrical meter
Measuring Appliances
- Utility meter (disambiguation), metering devices used on utility mains
- Parking meter, device to measure vehicle parking time for fees
- Postage meter, device measuring monetary usage of postage fees
- Ramp meter, device measuring the amount of traffic on freeway on-ramps
Other uses
- Meter or Cybele, an Anatolian-Aegean mother goddess
- The Meters, a funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana from the late 1960s until 1977
Spelled Metre (or Metrae)
- Ancient city and bishopric Metre (also Metrae or Metræ), now Çatalca district in European Istanbul
See also
- Metric (disambiguation)
- Metric dimension (disambiguation)
- Category:Measuring instruments
- All pages with titles containing meter
- All pages with titles containing metre
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