meters
Parking time trackers
Meters is the plural of meter, a unit of length in the metric system equal to about 39.4 inches: The pool is fifty meters long.
Meters also refers to devices that measure and display quantities: parking meters, electric meters, water meters.
In poetry and music, meters are patterns of rhythm or beat.
The verb meters means to measure or regulate: The system meters bandwidth usage.
Metric distance units
- centimetersMetric length units
- millimetersMetric units, thousandths of meters
- lengthMeasure of extent
- heightVertical extent upward
width · depth · footage · yardage · altitude · elevation · range · span
Patterned stress and silence
- verseMetered poetic passage
- iambicVerse rhythm type
- trochaicStressed-unstressed metrical pattern
- dactylicThree-beat poetic meter
anapestic · spondaic · pentameter · tetrameter · hexameter · feet · stressed · unstressed
Standard of measurement
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- scaleMeasure of relative size
units · dimensions · hygrometer · voltmeter · ammeter · wattmeter · reading · dial
Rate of musical performance
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- pulseArterial blood throb
- measureUnit of quantity
bar · timing · metronome · count · downbeat · upbeat · syncopation · groove
kilometers
Metric distance units
- centimetersMetric length units
- millimetersMetric units, thousandths of meters
- lengthMeasure of extent
height · width · depth · footage · yardage · altitude · elevation · range · span
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
dactylic · anapestic · spondaic · pentameter · tetrameter · hexameter · feet · stressed · unstressed · scansion
gauge
Standard of measurement
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
scale · units · dimensions · hygrometer · voltmeter · ammeter · wattmeter · reading · dial · digital
tempo
Rate of musical performance
measure · bar · timing · metronome · count · downbeat · upbeat · syncopation · groove · swing
electricity
Energy from charged particles
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- waterClear essential liquid
- consumptionUsing up of resources
billing · reading · usage · rate · tariff · analog · digital · spinning · monitoring
- measurementsheight, stature, depth, pound, inch
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, gram, measuring cup
- fitness metricssteps, calories burned, distance, heart rate, step count
- parking lotshort-term parking, cars, long-term parking, spaces, valet
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
metersguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
estimation · approximation · eyeballing · intuition · hunches
- parking meterCoin-operated street timer
- meter maidsMunicipal parking time monitors
- feed the meterPay for more parking
- 100 meter dashBrief straight-line footrace
- voltage meterInstrument measuring electrical potential
- gas meterMeasures piped fuel consumption
meter, perimeter, diameter, kilometer, thermometer, barometer, metered, centimeter, odometer