meter

Mane

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).

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈmitəɹ/

Etîmolojî

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.