Meter (disambiguation)
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Meter or metre from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure) may refer to:
Meter or metre may refer to:
Meter may also refer to:
- MetreMetreThe metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
(also spelled meter), a unit of measurement of length - Metre Rule, or International Rule (sailing), created for measuring and rating of yachts in sailing
Meter or metre may refer to:
- Meter (poetry)Meter (poetry)In poetry, metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. The study of metres and forms of versification is known as prosody...
, the regular linguistic sound patterns of a verse - Meter (music)Meter (music)Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of syllables in each line and the arrangement of those syllables as long or short, accented or unaccented...
, the regular underlying temporal grid of music - Meter (hymn)Meter (hymn)A hymn meter or metre indicates the number of syllables for the lines in each stanza of a hymn. This provides a means of marrying the hymn's text with an appropriate hymn tune for singing.-Hymn and poetic meter:...
, the syllable patterns in hymn stanzas
Meter may also refer to:
- Measuring instrumentMeasuring instrumentIn the physical sciences, quality assurance, and engineering, measurement is the activity of obtaining and comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the process of measurement gives a number relating the item...
, often named with the suffix -meter- Electricity meterElectricity meterAn electricity meter or energy meter is a device that measures the amount of electric energy consumed by a residence, business, or an electrically powered device....
, a device for measuring electricity usage - Water meterWater meterA water meter is a device used to measure the volume of water usage. This article provides an overview of technical aspects of water meters. The worldwide prevalence of metering as well as its economic benefits and costs are covered in the separate article on water metering.In many developed...
, a water flow measurement device - Gas meterGas meterA gas meter is used to measure the volume of fuel gases such as natural gas and propane. Gas meters are used at residential, commercial, and industrial buildings that consume fuel gas supplied by a gas utility. Gases are more difficult to measure than liquids, as measured volumes are highly...
, a device to measure consumption of natural gas - Postage meterPostage meterA postage meter is a mechanical device used to create and apply physical evidence of postage to mailed matter. Postage meters are regulated by a country's postal authority; for example, in the United States, the United States Postal Service specifies the rules for the creation, support, and use...
, device measuring monetary usage of postage fees - Parking meterParking meterA parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time. Parking meters can be used by municipalities as a tool for enforcing their integrated on-street parking policy, usually related to their traffic and...
, device to measure vehicle parking time for fees - Light meterLight meterA light meter is a device used to measure the amount of light. In photography, a light meter is often used to determine the proper exposure for a photograph...
, instrument for measuring lighting levels for photographers
- Electricity meter
- Meter, another name for CybeleCybeleCybele , was a Phrygian form of the Earth Mother or Great Mother. As with Greek Gaia , her Minoan equivalent Rhea and some aspects of Demeter, Cybele embodies the fertile Earth...
, an Anatolian-Aegean mother goddess - The MetersThe MetersThe Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
, a funk band - In some languages (like Dutch), meter is an informal synonym for godmotherGodmotherA godmother is a female godparent in the Christian tradition.Godmother may also refer to:*A female arranged to be legal guardian of a child if untimely demise is met by the parents...
. (and Peter is godfather). It is probably related to Latin mater and pater
Electronics
In electronics, a meter may refer to:- A multimeterMultimeterA multimeter or a multitester, also known as a VOM , is an electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit. A typical multimeter may include features such as the ability to measure voltage, current and resistance...
is a general-purpose test instrument - A voltmeterVoltmeterA voltmeter is an instrument used for measuring electrical potential difference between two points in an electric circuit. Analog voltmeters move a pointer across a scale in proportion to the voltage of the circuit; digital voltmeters give a numerical display of voltage by use of an analog to...
is a specialized meter measuring voltage - An ammeterAmmeterAn ammeter is a measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit. Electric currents are measured in amperes , hence the name. Instruments used to measure smaller currents, in the milliampere or microampere range, are designated as milliammeters or microammeters...
is a specialized meter measuring electric current - An ohmmeterOhmmeterAn ohmmeter is an electrical instrument that measures electrical resistance, the opposition to an electric current. Micro-ohmmeters make low resistance measurements. Megohmmeters measure large values of resistance...
is a specialized meter measuring electrical resistance - A wattmeterWattmeterThe wattmeter is an instrument for measuring the electric power in watts of any given circuit.An instrument which measures electrical energy in watt hours is essentially a wattmeter which accumulates or averages readings; many such instruments measure and can display many parameters and can be...
is a specialized meter measuring electric power - A capacitance meterCapacitance meterA capacitance meter is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure capacitance, mainly of discrete capacitors. Depending on the sophistication of the meter, it may display the capacitance only, or it may also measure a number of other parameters such as leakage, equivalent series...
is a test instrument measuring capacitance - An LCR meterLCR meterA LCR meter is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure the inductance, capacitance and, resistance of a component. In the usual versions of this instrument these quantities are not measured directly, but determined from a measurement of impedance...
is a test instrument that measures inductance, capacitance, and resistance - An electrometerElectrometerAn electrometer is an electrical instrument for measuring electric charge or electrical potential difference. There are many different types, ranging from historical hand-made mechanical instruments to high-precision electronic devices...
is a test instrument measuring electric charge - A clamp meter is an AC current-measuring test instrument that clamps around a wire
- A VU meterVU meterA VU meter is often included in audio equipment to display a signal level in Volume Units; the device is sometimes also called volume indicator ....
is a specialized meter measuring volume of audio signals - An EMF meterEMF MeterAn EMF meter is a scientific instrument for measuring electromagnetic fields . Most meters measure the electromagnetic radiation flux density or the change in an electromagnetic field over time , essentially the same as a radio antenna, but with quite different detection...
is a test instrument for measuring electromagnetic fields - An SWR meterSWR meterThe SWR meter or VSWR meter measures the standing wave ratio in a transmission line. The meter can be used to indicate the degree of mismatch between a transmission line and its load , or evaluate the effectiveness of impedance matching efforts.-Directional SWR Meter:A directional SWR meter...
is a test instrument for measuring the standing wave ratio of a radio transmitter and its antenna - An S meterS meterAn S meter is an indicator often provided on communications receivers, such as amateur radio receivers or shortwave broadcast receivers. The scale markings are derived from a subjective system of reporting signal strength from S1 to S9 as part of the RST code...
is a component of a radio receiver that displays the received signal's strength - An electricity meterElectricity meterAn electricity meter or energy meter is a device that measures the amount of electric energy consumed by a residence, business, or an electrically powered device....
is an instruments that measures the electric power delivered to a customer by a utility for billing purposes- A smart meterSmart meterA smart meter is usually an electrical meter that records consumption of electric energy in intervals of an hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to the utility for monitoring and billing purposes. Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the...
is a specific type of electricity meter
- A smart meter
- A grid dip meter, or dip meter, is a test instrument for measuring the resonance frequency of radio circuits
- A microwave power meterMicrowave power meterA microwave power meter is an instrument which measures the electrical power at microwave frequencies.Usually a microwave power meter will consist of a measuring head which contains the actual power sensing element, connected via a cable to the meter proper, which displays the power reading...
is a test instrument for measuring the power of microwave signals - A time-domain reflectometerTime-domain reflectometerA time-domain reflectometer is an electronic instrument used to characterize and locate faults in metallic cables . It can also be used to locate discontinuities in a connector, printed circuit board, or any other electrical path...
is a test instrument for finding faults in cables - A galvanometerGalvanometerA galvanometer is a type of ammeter: an instrument for detecting and measuring electric current. It is an analog electromechanical transducer that produces a rotary deflection of some type of pointer in response to electric current flowing through its coil in a magnetic field. .Galvanometers were...
is a mechanical moving-pointer type meter, especially an old one or its motive mechanism used as a component in other devices - A sound level meterSound level meterSound level meters measure sound pressure level and are commonly used in noise pollution studies for the quantification of almost any noise, but especially for industrial, environmental and aircraft noise. However, the reading given by a sound level meter does not correlate well to...
is a test instrument for measuring the loudness of sounds