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Metres

To measure with a metering device.

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📖 Definitions of "Metres"

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
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
The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

verb

1
To put into metrical form.

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mnoun	(obsolete) thousand
meternoun	A device that measures things.
depthnoun	the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
fathomsnoun	An internationally standardized version of this unit, the international fathom (= 1.8288 metres = 6 feet).
feetnoun	(obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.
footnoun	A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
hurricanenoun	A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
kilogrammenoun	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of kilogram. [In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg]
kilometersnoun	US spelling of kilometre. [(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km]
kilometresnoun	(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km
kmsnoun	(cryptography) Initialism of key management service.
measuresnoun	Susceptibility to measurement.
metersnoun	A device that measures things.
metrosnoun	(general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
milenoun	The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
pacesnoun	A step.
ricenoun	(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
spiresnoun	A surname.
standardsnoun	Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.
tapewormnoun	(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.