Definition of meter

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Meter (n.) One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter..

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Manometrical :: Manometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.
Rhythmometer :: Rhythmometer (n.) An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.
Stylommata :: Stylometer (n.) An instrument for measuring columns.
Eudiometry :: Eudiometry (n.) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it..
Diagometer :: Diagometer (n.) A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power..
Dynactinometer :: Dynactinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses..
Gallyambic :: Gallyambic (a.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse..
Sonometer :: Sonometer (n.) An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
Decameter :: Decameter (n.) Alt. of Decametr.
Sun :: Sun (n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000..
Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries..
Colorimeter :: Colorimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid..
Conchoid :: Conchoid (n.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube..
Hematachometer :: Hematachometer (n.) Same as Haematachometer.
Isodiametric :: Isodiametric (a.) Having the several diameters nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.
Sclerometer :: Sclerometer (n.) An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.
Psychrometrical :: Psychrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the psychrometer or psychrometry.
Spaghetti :: Spaghetti (n.) A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
Opsiometer :: Opsiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight..
Udometer :: Udometer (n.) A rain gauge.
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