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41méter — tra m (ẹ̄) 1. osnovna enota za merjenje dolžine: debelina je dva metra [2 m]; drog meri štiri metre; polica je dolga tri metre; več metrov debelo obzidje; pog. visok je meter sedemdeset meter in sedemdeset centimetrov / dolžina v metrih / blago… …
42meter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo French; Old English mēter, from Latin metrum, from Greek metron measure, meter; Anglo French metre, from Latin metrum more at measure Date: before 12th century 1. a. systematically… …
43meter — [1] A device for measuring the quantity of a substance passing through it. [2] To measure with a meter. [3] to supply at a measured rate. [4] A distance of about a yard (actually a little over 39.37 ). Also spelled metre. Also see airflow meter… …
44meter — I n. AE BE spelling: metre verse rhythm arrangement of syllables 1) anapaestic, anapestic; dactylic; heroic; iambic; trochaic meter unit of length 2) a cubic; square meter II n. instrument for measuring 1) to read a meter (she came to read the… …
45meter — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, Stabreim, VOM, VTVM, accent, accentuation, alliterative meter, alternation, ammeter, ampere hour meter, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, appraise, appraiser, appreciate, arsis, assay …
46meter — me|ter1 [ˈmi:tə US ər] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: METER] 1.) a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay water/gas/electricity meter ▪ A man came to read the… …
47meter — [[t]mi͟ːtə(r)[/t]] meters, metering, metered 1) N COUNT A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used. He was there to read the electricity meter... They have the right to come …
48meter — I UK [ˈmiːtə(r)] / US [ˈmɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms meter : singular meter plural meters * 1) a piece of equipment for measuring how much of something such as gas, electricity, or water you have used an electricity meter Someone from the… …
49meter — or metre (m) the metric and SI base unit of distance. Originally, the meter was designed to be one ten millionth of a quadrant, the distance between the Equator and the North Pole. (The Earth is difficult to measure, and a small error was… …
50meter — meter1 /mee teuhr/, n. the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a… …