meter

1. Alternately spelled "metre," a unit of measurement within the metric system, equating to 39.37 inches.

2. A device designed to monitor and report the flow of something: water meter, gas meter, electric meter, DMM, VOM, VU meter.

3. The rhythm of a poetic writing. All of Shakespeare's plays were written in iambic pentameter.

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