gas meter
noun
an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.
gas meters
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pluralof gas meter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In 1821 they fitted the author Sir Walter Scott's Melrose home, Abbotsford, with an oil-gas plant and by 1837 they were making gas meters.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
After multiple reported gas explosions, emergency officials are urging residents to clear the snow around their gas meters and hydrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
That would be enough to pay the climate credit rebate — around $50 — for 2 million households, or about a third of the company’s natural gas meters in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
All have their own electric and gas meters, and those utilities are paid by the tenants.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
Against a thin and antiquated partition was suspended one of those heavy and unwieldy gas meters which are found only in very old buildings.
From The Gray Mask by Wadsworth Camp
