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metre

1

/ ˈmiːtə /

noun

  1. a metric unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards
  2. the basic SI unit of length; the length of the path travelled by light in free space during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. In 1983 this definition replaced the previous one based on krypton-86, which in turn had replaced the definition based on the platinum-iridium metre bar kept in Paris
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


metre

2

/ ˈmiːtə /

noun

  1. prosody the rhythmic arrangement of syllables in verse, usually according to the number and kind of feet in a line
  2. music another word (esp US) for time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of metre1

C18: from French; see metre ²

Origin of metre2

C14: from Latin metrum, from Greek metron measure
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Example Sentences

All insert yis (or yes) before parde; which spoils both sense and metre.

All insert white after Was, which spoils metre and story (see l. 948).

I supply look, for the sake of sense and metre; read—But good swet' hert-, look that ye.

Unfortunately, all the scribes have repeated it, to the ruin of the metre; for the line then contains two syllables too many.

Koch would omit hit, for the sake of the metre; but it makes no difference at all, the e in thoghte being elided.

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