*metre*

{ } n. [ F. décamètre; Gr. de`ka ten + mètre. See Meter. ] A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. décimètre; pref. déci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + mètre. See Meter. ] A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. &unr_; hectomètre, fr. Gr. &unr_; hundred + F. mètre a meter. ] A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. (Mech.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }, n. [ F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and Meter. ] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3, 280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of a mile. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Mega- + meter, metre, n., 2. ] In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. metre, F. mètre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. &unr_;; akin to Skr. mā to measure. See Mete to measure. ] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A poem. [ Obs. ] Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common meter (Hymnol.), four iambic verses, or lines, making a stanza, the first and third having each four feet, and the second and fourth each three feet; -- usually indicated by the initials C. M. --
Long meter (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines of four feet each, four verses usually making a stanza; -- commonly indicated by the initials L. M. --
Short meter (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having each three feet, and the third four feet. The stanza usually consists of four lines, but is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated by the initials S. M. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. millimètre; milli- milli- + mètre. See 3d Meter. ] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. myriamètre. See Myria-, and Meter. ] A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles. [ 1913 Webster ]