metre
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See also mètre
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[edit] English
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- meter (chiefly U.S.)
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, "measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre"); via French mètre.
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metre (plural metres) (Commonwealth)
- The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. It is equal to 3947⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
- Spelling: This, rather than meter, is the spelling adopted by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for use in its publications.
- Symbol: m
[edit] Quotations
- 1797: The Monthly magazine and British register, No. 3
- The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
- 1873: The Young Englishwoman, April
- A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
- 1928: The Observer, April 15
- The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, "measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre"); via Latin metrum.
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metre (plural metres) (Commonwealth)
- The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
