1. The basic unit of length adopted under the Système International d'Unités (approximately 1.094 yards)
   - meter [US], m 
2. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
   - meter [US], measure, beat, cadence 
3. Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
   - meter [US], time

Sounds like: meter

Derived forms: metres

See also: metrical

Type of: metric linear unit, poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern, rhythmicity

Part of: dam, decameter [US], decametre [Brit, Cdn], dekameter [US], dekametre [Cdn], dkm

Encyclopedia: Metre

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