Meter

(noun.) any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity.

(noun.) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration.

(noun.) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.

(noun.) the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).

(verb.) measure with a meter; 'meter the flow of water'.

(verb.) stamp with a meter indicating the postage; 'meter the mail'.

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• Water is poured into that external case until the gas-meter is rather more than half filled, the level of the water being shown at _i_. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The driver stopped his horse and lowered the metal sign on his meter. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• After outlining the duties of the meter man, Edison says: I should not take too young a man for this, say, a man from twenty-three to thirty years old, bright and businesslike. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Houston & Kennelly in their Electricity in Everyday Life sum the matter up as follows: The Edison chemical meter is capable of giving fair measurements of the amount of current passing. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Once again he went to the customer's meter to look around, when a small piece of thick wire on the floor caught his eye. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Among these first came the gas meter and pressure regulator. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The wet meter is composed of an outer box about three-fifths filled with water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We had meters in which there were two bottles of liquid. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Lieb wrote from Milan, Italy, that he had in use on the Edison system there 360 meters ranging from 350 ampere-hours per month up to 30,000. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The meters commonly used measure the amperes, volts, and time automatically, and register the electric power supplied in watt hours. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Edison had perfect confidence in his meters, and also in the ultimate judgment of the public as to the superiority of the incandescent electric light as against other illuminants. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Ward Leonard, installed the meters and became meter man, in order that he might study in every intimate detail the improvements and refinements necessary in that branch of the industry. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Shepard went on to state that the chemical meters were gradually displaced, and that on September 1, 1898, there were on the system 5619 mechanical and 4874 chemical. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Twenty were exposed to the air on the heights of the Jura at an altitude of eight hundred and fift y meters above sea-level; the contents of five of these subsequently putrefied. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It is worthy of note, as to the promptness with which the Edison stations became paying properties, that four of the metered stations were earning upward of 15 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Edison himself is, however, the best repertory of stories when it comes to the difficulties of that early period, in connection with metering the current and charging for it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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