Definition of metre Metre
/miˈtɚ/ - [meeter] - me•tre
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| metre - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | ||
| meter, measure, beat, cadence | ||
| poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody (prosody) a system of versification | ||
| metrics, prosody the study of poetic meter and the art of versification | ||
| catalexis the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | ||
| scansion analysis of verse into metrical patterns | ||
| common meter, common measure the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad | ||
| metre - the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | ||
| meter, m | ||
| metric linear unit a linear unit of distance in metric terms | ||
| decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, dam a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | ||
| metre - rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | ||
| meter, time | ||
| rhythmicity the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- metre (n.)
Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. - metre (n.)
A poem. - metre (n.)
A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric. - metre (n.)
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Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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metre
The French standard of linear measure, intended to be the ten-millionth part of the earth’s quadrant, from the equator to the pole. It is equal to 39.370 British, or 39.369 American inches.
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A metre (US spelling, "meter") is the basic unit of length in the SI measurement system. The abbreviation for the metre is m. According to the earliest definition (dating to the French Revolution), it was 1/10,000,000th (one ten-millionth) of the distance between the Earth's equator and the North Pole along the Paris meridian. The metre is now officially defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second.
In the imperial system of measurement, one metre is equal to about 39.37 inches, 3.28 feet, or about 1.09 yards.
Units based on the metre.
"*Note: units in bold are the most commonly used."
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