metering
Gauging resource usage
Metering is the act of measuring or regulating flow, consumption, or exposure.
Utility companies use metering to track electricity or water usage.
In photography, metering determines how much light reaches the sensor.
Traffic metering controls the rate at which vehicles enter highways: The on-ramp metering light turned green.
The term often implies controlled, measured release.
Standard of measurement
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
- sensorInput-detecting device
quantification · flow · volume · units · data · sampling · accuracy · precision
Functional worth or purpose
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- tariffTax on traded goods
- chargeCost or accusation
kilowatt-hour · usage · rate · electricity · gas · water · account · fees
Authority to direct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
monitoring · restrictions · guidelines · protocols · licensing · inspection · audit · caps
gauge
Standard of measurement
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
sensor · quantification · flow · volume · units · data · sampling · accuracy · precision · scale
utility
Functional worth or purpose
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- tariffTax on traded goods
charge · kilowatt-hour · usage · rate · electricity · gas · water · account · fees · statement
control
Authority to direct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
oversight · monitoring · restrictions · guidelines · protocols · licensing · inspection · audit · caps · limits
pulse
Arterial blood throb
- intervalDuration between two points
- durationLength of existence
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
sequence · cadence · tempo · cycle · periodicity · gating · exposure · shutter · strobe · flash
- mailletter, letters, mail, email, envelope
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, gram, measuring cup
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- mail processingsorting machines, stamping, sorting, mail bags, mailbags
- water supplydrinking water, potable water, tap water, municipal water, water tanks
- Camera Settingsaperture, ISO, shutter speed, f-stop, exposure
meteringestimating
Forming rough calculations
guessing · approximating · eyeballing · guesstimating · ballparking
meteringflat-rate
Single unchanging charge
unmetered · unlimited · unmeasured · unmonitored · uncounted
- TTL meteringExposure measured via lens
- net meteringSelling power back home
meter, perimeter, geometry, diameter, symmetry, meters, kilometer, thermometer, barometer