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meter

noun as in rhythm, beat

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The concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, is at 153 micrograms per cubic meter.

You can only see from above about a meter below the surface.

The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.

On one recent night, with only a brief break between, she had two five-hour private sessions—the meter running by the minute.

The calorie meter—accurate or not—helps too, because it feels like an accomplishment to see that number go up.

Down the block, a taxi that had been parked with meter ticking across from Engel's apartment-hotel drew away slowly.

Plants are set out one meter apart in each direction, as they spread considerably.

I think the change began with the failure of the supply of gas from the penny-in-the-slot meter.

Indeed, he states explicitly that most forms of poetry do use all of the media mentioned: rhythm, tune, and meter.

I have been glad ever since to live where there is nothing more to do than turn the gas off at the meter when one goes to bed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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