Usually means: Standard unit of length measurement.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. -meter, meter: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. -meter, meter, meter, meter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. meter, meter, meter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. -meter, meter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. meter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Meter, -meter, meter: Wordnik
  7. meter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. -meter, meter: Wiktionary
  9. -meter, meter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. -meter, meter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. meter: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. -meter, meter: Dictionary.com
  13. meter (1), meter (2), meter (3): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. meter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Meter (disambiguation), Meter (hymn), Meter (music), Meter (poetry), Meter (unit), Meter (verse), Meter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Meter, -meter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. meter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. meter: Rhymezone
  19. Meter (m), meter, meter, meter (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. meter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. -meter, meter: MyWord.info
  22. meter: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. meter: Free Dictionary
  24. meter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. meter: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. meter: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. meter: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. meter: Global Glossary
  3. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  4. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. meter-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  6. Meter: Literary Terms
  7. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  8. METER: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. meter: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. meter: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. meter: CCI Computer
  3. Meter (goddess), Meter (m), Meter (poetry), Meter (unit), Meter (unit of length), -meter, meter: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Meter (m), Meter (unit), Meter (unit of length), -meter, meter: Medical dictionary

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. meter: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Meter: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  4. meter: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  5. meter: MATH SPOKEN HERE!
  6. Meter: Extragalactic Astronomy
  7. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. meter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. meter: The Folk File
  3. meter: Urban Dictionary

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. meter: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. meter: Electronics
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. METER: Energy Terms
  5. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  6. Meter: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  7. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  10. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See metered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A device that measures things.
noun:  A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
noun:  (dated) One who metes or measures.
noun:  (obsolete) A poem.
noun:  (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
verb:  To measure with a metering device.
verb:  To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
verb:  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:  (American spelling) Alternative form of metre [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.]

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