see|mètre
English
wikipedia
Alternative spellings
:meter italbrac|chiefly U.S.

Pronunciation
:IPA|/�mi�t�(r)/
:SAMPA|/"mi:t@(r)/

Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek μέ��ον (metron, "measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre"); via French mètre.

Noun
en-noun CE

1. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. It is equal to frac|39|47|127 (approximately 39.37) imperial system|imperial inches.

#: Spelling: This, rather than meter, is the spelling adopted by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for use in its publications.
#: Symbol: m

See also
Appendix:SI_units|Appendix on SI Units
metrology
metric
SI prefixes
International Bureau of Weights and Measures

Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μέ��ον (metron, "measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre"); via Latin metrum.

Noun
en-noun CE

1. The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

See also
metronome
metric
w:meter (poetry)|Wikipedia article: meter (poetry)

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�تر (mitr) m
Chinese: 米 (m�)
Czech: metr m
Dutch: meter m
Esperanto: metro
Estonian: meeter
Finnish: metri
French: mètre m
Galician: metro m
German: Meter m
Greek: μέ��ο (métro) n
Icelandic: metri (meter)
Interlingua: metro
Italian: metro m
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Japanese: ���� � (m�toru)
Korean: 미� (miteo)
Latvian: metrs m (as unit of distance)
Norwegian: meter m
Polish: metr m
Portuguese: metro m
Romanian: metru m
Russian: ме�� (metr) m
Slovak: meter#Slovak|meter m
Spanish: metro m
Swedish: meter#Swedish|meter
Turkish: metre#Turkish|metre
Vietnamese: mét

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