Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "metre" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

1,000-metre 1000 metre 1000-metre attometre centimetre cubic metre cumec decametre decimetre exametre femtometre gigametre hectometre kilogram-metre kilometre linear metre megametre metre gauge metre per second metre stick metre-gauge metre-kilogram-second metre-kilogramme-second metre-ton-second metre-tonne-second metric metrication metrology micrometre millimetre myriametre nanometre newton metre newton-metre polymetre quettametre ronnametre square metre terametre yoctometre yottametre zeptometre zettametre

Inflected/Variant Forms

meter

Context

british music nonstandard poetry

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

metric linear unit poetic rhythm prosody rhythmic pattern rhythmicity

Related Terms

Appendix on SI Units metric metronome

Related Terms

composition imperial system inch international system of units length measure metric metronome musical rhythm unit verse

Synonym Network

m meter

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