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Metres

To measure with a metering device.

📖 Definitions of "Metres"

verb
  1. 1

    To measure with a metering device.

  2. 2

    To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

  3. 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. 1

    The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39 47/127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.

noun
  1. 1

    The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

verb
  1. 1

    To put into metrical form.

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