meter's

Belonging to gauge

Meter's is the possessive or contracted form of meter—a unit of length in the metric system (about 3.3 feet), a device for measuring (the gas meter's reading), or the rhythmic pattern in poetry or music.

The parking meter's time had expired.

The poem's meter's been debated by scholars for decades.

poetry

rhythm

Patterned stress and silence

stress · syllable · beat · verse · pentameter · hexameter · pattern · scansion · accent · cadence

measurement

reading

Interpreting written text

dial · gauge · precision · digital · analog · needle · scale · unit · increment · tolerance

utility

electric

Powered by current

  • gasFormless, expanding substance
  • waterClear essential liquid
  • billAmount owed, written

consumption · usage · reader · box · reading · kilowatt · cubic · monthly · residential · commercial

taxi

fare

Transport payment

charge · trip · passenger · driver · flag · drop · mileage · calculation · tariff · surcharge

scientific

spectrometer

Measures electromagnetic radiation properties

sensor · probe · data · recording · digital · precision · calibration · measurement · analysis · monitoring

parking

expired

No longer in effect

ticket · enforcement · time · feeding · kiosk · payment · digital · zone · limit · display

Opposites
metric vs. imperial units

meter'syard's

Possessive of grounds

foot's · mile's

Phrases
Family

meter, perimeter, meters, thermometer, barometer, metered, odometer, speedometer, metering

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G