meter
Pronunciation:
/ˈmiːtə//ˈmitəɹ/noun
Definitions
(always meter) A device that measures things.
(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
(always meter) One who metes or measures.
Example: a labouring coal-meter
(elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
verb
Definitions
To measure with a metering device.
To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).