Meter (disambiguation)
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Meter or metre from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure) may refer to:
- Metre (meter in the US), a unit of measurement of length
- Metre Rule, or International Rule (sailing), created for measuring and rating of yachts in sailing
Meter or metre may refer to:
- Meter (poetry), the regular linguistic sound patterns of a verse
- Meter (music), the regular underlying temporal grid of music
- Meter (hymn), the syllable patterns in hymn stanzas
Meter may also refer to:
- Measuring instrument, often named with the suffix -meter
- Electricity meter, a device for measuring electricity usage
- Water meter, a water flow measurement device
- Gas meter, a device to measure consumption of natural gas
- Postage meter, device measuring monetary usage of postage fees
- Parking meter, device to measure vehicle parking time for fees
- Light meter, instrument for measuring lighting levels for photographers
- Meter, another name for Cybele, an Anatolian-Aegean mother goddess
- The Meters, a funk band
- In some languages (like Dutch), meter is an informal synonym for godmother. (and Peter is godfather). It is probably related to Latin mater and pater
[edit] Electronics
In electronics, a meter may refer to:
- A multimeter is a general-purpose test instrument
- A voltmeter is a specialized meter measuring voltage
- An ammeter is a specialized meter measuring electric current
- An ohmmeter is a specialized meter measuring electrical resistance
- A wattmeter is a specialized meter measuring electric power
- A capacitance meter is a test instrument measuring capacitance
- An LCR meter is a test instrument that measures inductance, capacitance, and resistance
- An electrometer is a test instrument measuring electric charge
- A clamp meter is an AC current-measuring test instrument that clamps around a wire
- A VU meter is a specialized meter measuring volume of audio signals
- An EMF meter is a test instrument for measuring electromagnetic fields
- An SWR meter is a test instrument for measuring the standing wave ratio of a radio transmitter and its antenna
- An S meter is a component of a radio receiver that displays the received signal's strength
- An electricity meter is an instruments that measures the electric power delivered to a customer by a utility for billing purposes
- A smart meter is a specific type of electricity meter
- A grid dip meter, or dip meter, is a test instrument for measuring the resonance frequency of radio circuits
- A microwave power meter is a test instrument for measuring the power of microwave signals
- A time-domain reflectometer is a test instrument for finding faults in cables
- A galvanometer is a mechanical moving-pointer type meter, especially an old one or its motive mechanism used as a component in other devices
- A sound level meter is a test instrument for measuring the loudness of sounds
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