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-meter

Pronunciation: /mɪtə/

Definition of -meter

combining form

  • 1in names of measuring instruments:thermometer
  • 2 Prosody in nouns denoting lines of poetry with a specified number of measures:hexameter

Origin:

from Greek metron 'measure'

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Definition of -meter in the US English dictionary

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