metre
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Definition of metre
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
“Holonyms: kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre”
“Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre”
“The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.”
“A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.”
“The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.”
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noun
-
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
“Holonyms: kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre”
“Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre”
“The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.”
“A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.”
“The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.”
- (Canada, UK, countable, uncountable)The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse) and musical composition.
verb
- (UK, alt-of, alternative, rare)Alternative spelling of meter.
- To put into metrical form.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.
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