(griech.-frz.) Internat. Längenmaß, Abk. m, seit 1983 als 299 792 458. Teil der Strecke definiert, die das Licht in einer Sekunde durchläuft.
Si unit (symbol m) of length, equivalent to 1.093 yards or 39.37 inches. It is defined by scientists as the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.
In poetry, the recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse. The unit of meter is a foot. Meter is classified by the number of feet to a line: a minimum of two and a maximum of eight. A line of two feet is a dimeter. They are then named, in order, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, and octameter.Any instrument used for measurement. The term is often compounded with a prefix to denote a specific type of meter: for example, ammeter, voltmeter, flowmeter, or pedometer.(Alternate spelling: metre).
1. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards); SYN. metre, m.
2. Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time; SYN. time.
3. (Prosody) The accent in a metrical foot of verse; SYN. measure, beat, cadence.
4. Any of various instruments for measuring a quantity.
Kurzzeichen m, Längeneinheit; seit 1795 in Frankreich eingeführt; internat. festgesetzt in der M.konvention vom 20.5.1875: 1 m = der vierzigmillionste Teil des Erdmeridians (Ur-M.); das Ur-M., ein Platin-Iridium-Stab, liegt in Paris. 1983 wurde der M. neu definiert als die Strecke, die Licht im Vakuum innerhalb des Zeitintervalls von 1/299 792 45 Sekunden zurücklegt.