meter

Definition:
1. The basic unit of length.
2. Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity.
3. Measure with a meter.

Use 'meter' in a sentence:

1. She competed in the l00 meter backstroke event in Rio de Janeiro.
2. For everyday purpose, that standard object could be a yardstick or meter stick.
3. Data from a later mission indicates significant concentrations of hydrogen and by inference water less than a meter underground at both poles.
4. The Chinese used a gravity meter to correct for local deviations in sea level.
5. They look like low-lying, white or grey buttes, long, narrow hills with flat tops, barely a meter high.
6. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, she again earned gold, this time in the 1500 meter race.
7. He was there to read the electricity meter.
8. We carry two brands, one costs 60 cents every square meter, and the other 90 cents.
9. A week later, read the water meter again and subtract the first reading from the second.
10. A snake shaped robot, designed in Australia, less than 1 meter long.
11. Chinese skaters in the women's 500 meters, 3000 meter relay and men's 1500 meters all failed to take home the gold.
12. Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water.
13. Chinese skaters in the women's 500 meters, 3000-meter relay took home the gold.
14. Someone else told me the lake was only one meter deep, but it was at least twice that.
15. If there's no meter in the taxi, agree on a price before you get in.
16. I gritted2 my teeth and finished eighth in the 10000 meter run.
17. Suppose we connect a volt meter across a dry cell.
18. Estimates suggest that for every cubic meter of vent discharge, 350 milligrams of particulate organic material would be advected into the vent area.
19. Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second.
20. Metered taxis are relatively inexpensive.
21. Some of these painted walls are preserved in places to a height of one meter.
22. The mountain IS2000 meters high.
23. Meter readings are taken every three months.
24. They have the right to come in and inspect the meter.
25. The winner of the men's400 meters pulled ahead on the last bend.
26. While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.
27. The satellite signals, along with inputs on speed from a wheel-speed sensor and direction from a meter, determine the car's position even as it moves.
28. Gas is metered and charged for.
29. The room is5 meters long.
30. The tree is 30 meters in height.
31. I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.
32. FAST is a five hundred meter telescope.
33. When officials like gas and electricity men call to read the meter, ask for identification.
34. He picked up speed and pulled ahead in the last hundred meters.
35. What does that meter read?
36. The amount of electricity used is recorded by a meter.
37. Don't pay attention to anything he says. He lies like a gas meter.
38. Schools, where conditions allow, should ensure that students are seated at least one meter apart from each other.
39. We carry two brands—one costs 60 cents every square meter, and the other, 90 cents.
40. Fu's fame only grew on August 9, when she competed in the l00 meter backstroke finals.
41. In places, the water table is declining at a rate of a meter a year, necessitating the periodic deepening of wells and the use of ever-more-powerful pumps.
42. On Feb 22th, 2018, Wu won the gold medal in the men's short track 500 meter race.
43. I need to pay the parking meter.
44. The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.
45. He fed coins into the meter.
46. He fed the meter with coins.
47. If your water usage is very small it may be worthwhile opting for a meter.
48. A man came to read the gas meter.
49. Who holds the record in the 100 meters?
50. I need £ 2 in silver for the parking meter.
51. Each corner had a guard tower, each of which was exactly ten meters in height.
52. Fu Yuanhui beat the Asian record in the l00 meter backstroke finals.