Metre

Definition:

  • (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.
  • (n.) A poem.
  • (n.) A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric.
  • (n.) See Meter.

Compare metre with other words:

metre vs. petre

metre vs. mitre

mete vs. metre

mere vs. metre

metre vs. metro

metre vs. rhyme

metre vs. stanza

metre vs. stanzas

cat vs. metre

metre vs. ship

metre vs. vessel

exametre vs. metre

dimeter vs. metre

metre vs. trimeter

metre vs. tetrameter

metre vs. pentameter

hexameter vs. metre

metre vs. yard

joule vs. metre

metre vs. micrometre

metre vs. metronome

composition vs. metre

metre vs. musical

measure vs. metre

metre vs. verse

metre vs. rhythm

metre vs. metric

metre vs. metrology

inch vs. metre

length vs. metre

metre vs. unit

metre vs. millimetre

meter vs. metre

jerk vs. metre

chain vs. metre

anchor vs. metre

cup vs. metre