meter noun [C] (DEVICE)
electricity meter The electricity meter is in the basement.
blood glucose meter Medical monitoring devices include blood glucose meters, respiratory flow meters, and heart rate monitors.
read the meter A man came to read the meter (= record the numbers that show how much of something has been used).
meter reading Many bills were based on estimates and not actual meter readings (= the amount shown on a meter).
See also
- Healthy plants have an electrical charge, measurable by an electrical conductivity meter, that deters pests.
- When the officer checked the rooms out with his damp meter they gave very high moisture readings.
- She told him he should blow into the peak flow meter every day at the same time to check how his breathing is.
- -scopic
- adding machine
- ammeter
- aneroid monitor
- bathroom scales
- bulb
- detector
- dipstick
- dosimeter
- fitness tracker
- gauge
- Geiger counter
- manometer
- rangefinder
- recalibrate
- ruler
- scope
- smart meter
- spirit level
- theodolite
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