meter

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A device that measures things.
2. A device that measures things.
3. Alternative form of metre
4. (obsolete) A poem.
5. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

Verb

1. To measure with a metering device.
2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

Conceptos

metro

medidor

contador

medir

cuchillo

reloj

metros

un paso

medida del verso

cadencia

medida

ritmo

instrumento de medición

instrumento de medida

balanza

báscula

m

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmitəɹ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Senses 1.1, 2, and 3 were borrowed from French mètre and Latin metrum; see metre for more.
Sense 1.2 is a noun derived from mete, from Old English metan (“to measure, mark off”), possibly influencing the other meanings.