" meter "

[Noun]  | "me*ter" | \ ˈmē-tər \

1: systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse:

2: rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern

3: rhythm characterized by regular recurrence of a systematic arrangement of basic patterns in larger figures

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English metre, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin metrum, borrowed from Greek métron "measure, space measured, (in plural) proportions, poetic meter," perhaps going back to Indo-European *mh1-tro-, zero-grade derivative of a verbal base *meh1- "measure" {mat|measure:1|};

  * Note : The word meter in the sense "poetic meter" is attested twice in Old English as a borrowing from Latin, but there is no continuity between this use and occurrence in later Middle English.;

[Noun]  | "met*er" | \ ˈmē-tər \

1: one that measures; especially : an official measurer of commodities

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from meten "to {see: |mete:1|mete:1}" + -er {see: |-er:2|-er:2};

[Noun]  | "me*ter" | \ ˈmē-tər \

1: the base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/2₉₉,₇₉₂,₄₅₈ second or to about 39.37 inches

Origin: 1797 ;

 Borrowed from French mètre, borrowed from Greek métron "measure" {mat|meter:1|};

[Noun]  | "me*ter" | \ ˈmē-tər \

1: an instrument for measuring and sometimes recording the time or amount of something

2: postage meter; also : a marking printed by a postage meter

Origin: 1815 ;

 Probably originally, as short for gas-meter "instrument for measuring the quantity of gas passing through an outlet," to be identified with {see: |meter:2|meter:2}; later uses appear to be extracted from compounds with {see: |-meter|-meter}, generalized to refer to any measuring device;

[Noun]  | "meter maid" 

1: a woman assigned by a police or traffic department to write tickets for parking violations

Origin: 1957 ;

[Noun]  | "exposure meter" 

1: a device for indicating correct photographic exposure under varying conditions of illumination

Origin: 1891 ;

[Noun]  | "ki*lo*gram-me*ter" | \ ˈki-lə-ˌgram-ˈmē-tər \

1: the meter-kilogram-second gravitational unit of work and energy equal to the work done by a kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force : about 7.235 foot-pounds

Origin: 1866 ;

[Verb]  | "me*ter" | \ ˈmē-tər \

1: to measure by means of a meter

2: to supply in a measured or regulated amount

3: to print postal indicia on by means of a postage meter

Origin: 1878 ;

 Derivative of {see: |meter:4|meter:4};

[Noun combining form]  | "-meter" 

1: instrument or means for measuring

Origin: 

 Borrowed from French & New Latin; French -mètre, borrowed from New Latin -meter, borrowed from Greek -metron (as in hodómetron "instrument for measuring distance, {see: |odometer|odometer}"), from métron "measure, instrument for measuring" {mat|meter:1|};

  * Note : The earliest of such New Latin compounds is perhaps altimeter {altimeter|altimeter}.;

[Adjective]  | "me*ter-ki*lo*gram-sec*ond" | \ ˈmē-tər-ˈki-lə-ˌgram-ˈse-kənd \

1: of, relating to, or being a system of units using the meter, kilogram, and second as its base units —abbreviation mks

Origin: 1888 ;

[Noun]  | "meter" 

[Verb]  | "meter"