(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Equal numbers of handled and unhandled puparia were planted out at different densities (1, 2, 4 or 8 per linear metre) in fifty-one natural puparial sites in four major vegetation types.
(2) The weapon is 13 metres long, weighs 60 tonnes and can carry nuclear warheads with up to eight times the destructive capacity of the bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the second world war.
(3) While winds gusting to 170mph caused significant damage, the devastation in areas such as Tacloban – where scenes are reminiscent of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami – was principally the work of the 6-metre-high storm surge, which carried away even the concrete buildings in which many people sought shelter.
(4) He said the system had been successfully deployed at depths of 365 metres after hurricane Katrina, but not by a BP crew.
(5) We will together face the terrorist menace,” said Jean-Claude Juncker , president of the European commission, whose headquarters lie just a few hundred metres from the metro.
(6) By comparison in the Netherlands, where there is a better technical training provision, every secondary school is built with an additional 650 square metres of non-academic training space; an investment of more than £1.5m per school.” The Association of School and College Leaders criticised the absence of more funding for students studying for A-levels.
(7) Last month Kelli White, who won the 100 and 200 metres at the 2003 world championships in Paris, was banned for two years and stripped of her medals after admitting using THG.
(8) The Butcher’s Arms Herne Facebook Twitter Pinterest Martyn Hillier at the Butcher’s Arms Now a place of pilgrimage and inspiration, the Butcher’s Arms was established by Martyn Hillier in 2005 when he opened for business in the three-metre by four-metre front room of a former butcher’s shop.
(9) In Warwickshire, my parents are about 100 metres from the line and will soon exist on a major construction site, amid temporary living compounds for hundreds of workers and closed-off roads.
(10) Each member of the team has a narrow bed and only three cubic metres of personal space.
(11) I salute you.” So clear-fall logging and burning of the tallest flowering forests on the planet, with provision for the dynamiting of trees over 80 metres tall, is an ultimate good in Abbott’s book of ecological wisdom.
(12) Koehler confirmed German media reports that the truck had apparently been slowed by an automatic braking system, bringing it to a standstill after 70 to 80 metres (230-260ft) and preventing worse carnage.
(13) Both are alleged to have plied the Devon girl with drugs, raped her and left her unconscious to drown on Anjuna beach, metres from a bar in which the group had spent the evening drinking.
(14) The 777 has enjoyed one of the safest records of any jetliner built.” Besides last year’s Asiana crash, the only other serious incident with the 777 came in January 2008 when a British Airways jet landed 305 metres short of the runway at London’s Heathrow airport.
(15) It was found that at a torque of 0.7 Newton-metres, the caliper became detached at the maximum load, but still held during traction at torques above this value.
(16) The walking distance of the patients increased from an average of 288 to 401 metres.
(17) Sunday trading laws allow all stores to open for six hours between 10am and 6pm, while small shops with a floorspace of less than 280 sq metres (3,000 sq ft) can open all day.
(18) Although four class I synthetases of heterogeneous lengths and unknown structures are believed to be historically related to MetRS, pair-wise sequence similarities in the region of this RNA binding determinant are obscure.
(19) If coastal ice shelves buttressing the west Antarctic ice sheet continue to disintegrate, the sheet could disgorge into the ocean, raising sea levels by several metres in a century.
(20) It’s going to be harder in Zurich, because there’s going to be a lot more eight-metre jumpers,” he says, citing the reigning champion, Christian Reif, who has jumped 8.49m this season, as his main opposition Rutherford won gold in Glasgow with a modest leap of 8.20m but, as he points out, the chilly conditions were hardly conducive to leaping far.
Petre
Definition:
(n.) See Saltpeter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eddie Howe’s team had decent spells of possession but they could not create anything of clearcut note and Petr Cech reached his heavily signposted milestone as the Premier League’s clean-sheet king without needing to make a serious save.
(2) Petr Cech's dislocated shoulder was a considerable setback and another followed in the second half when John Terry damaged an ankle.
(3) The winner in the 94th minute, from Jonathan Woodgate, came through a mistake by the Chelsea goalkeeper, Petr Cech, but the result itself was no accident and Tottenham earned their first trophy in nine years.
(4) The former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was Wenger’s only major move , prompting the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust to demand a review of the club’s approach.
(5) David Luiz was at fault, misjudging the pace of Ramires's back-pass and, having turned his back on the ball, was left to look on in horror as Mutch ran through on the blindside and struck the ball past Petr Cech, making his 300th league appearance for Chelsea.
(6) They must have thought they had wrested control of this contest having started the second half with such urgency, the excellent Sergio Agüero – "a powerful tank," according to Mourinho – darting behind Gary Cahill to collect Samir Nasri's pass and thump a glorious finish high beyond Petr Cech at his near post.
(7) Chelsea have completed the £8m purchase of Asmir Begovic from Stoke City with the Bosnia international replacing Petr Cech as Thibaut Courtois’ understudy at Stamford Bridge.
(8) At least the joyous delirium gave Drogba and, most likely, Petr Cech fitting sendoffs after glittering careers in these parts.
(9) Admittedly Mourinho's side rallied after Yoan Gouffran headed Yohan Cabaye's ferociously whipped in free kick past Petr Cech but Newcastle's Mathieu Debuchy and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa especially were defending brilliantly and Chelsea came undone on the counter-attack as a fine cross from the underrated Vurnon Anita prefaced Loïc Rémy's wonderful finish.
(10) The equaliser was slickly constructed, the ball shifted smartly from left to right at pace with home defenders lunging in but unable to intercept, before Mohamed Salah curled a delicious shot beyond Petr Cech.
(11) As director, he used his business associate Vladimir Oplanchuk, then nominee director Edward Petre-Mears in Nevis.
(12) With Courtois banned, Mourinho will turn to Asmir Begovic at the Etihad Stadium – the goalkeeper that he signed from Stoke City over the summer to cover the departure of Petr Cech to Arsenal.
(13) Zlatan Ibrahimovic puts seal on Manchester United win at Bournemouth Read more Liverpool allowed Arsenal too much space in the first half and, apart from the 40th-minute counter, when Roberto Firmino and Coutinho worked a shooting opportunity for Wijnaldum, which Petr Cech kept out, they had not hinted at an equaliser.
(14) This was only the third piece of protest art in the oeuvre of St Petersburg native Petr Pavlensky, but he has already made a name for himself as one of the most intriguing figures on the contemporary Russian art scene.
(15) You have Petr Cech, John Terry, Didier Drogba and, after that, everybody belongs to a new generation of players.
(16) When you have the likes of Petr Cech come into the dressing room as well he just enhances that.
(17) Mourinho’s team selection represented a huge show of faith in the Belgian bearing in mind Petr Cech’s performance against Everton and Courtois certainly warranted his place.
(18) Theo Walcott has hailed the mental strength at Arsenal as the best he has ever witnessed, and has praised Petr Cech’s influence on the club’s dressing room, after the goalkeeper made a string of excellent saves in the goalless draw away at Stoke City .
(19) That remains glaringly true at both ends of the pitch, although there was some cheer in Innsbruck when Aleksandr Kokorin, a forward once thought promising enough to have been linked with Arsenal but who endured a miserable first season at Zenit, beat Petr Cech from 20 yards to suggest a return to form.
(20) To be on the bench is not the nicest thing.” Chelsea’s decision to recall Courtois puts real doubt over the future of Petr Cech, who has largely been unchallenged for Chelsea’s jersey since his arrival at the club in 2004.