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meter

[mee-ter] / ˈmi tər /


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“Grid interconnection delays are continuing to expand, which, given the market’s focus on speed-to-compute, has accelerated adoption and long-term behind the meter power solutions.”

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

DfE analysis found a net benefit from smart meter of £300m over 30 years.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

He could run a 1500 meter in 4 minutes and 20 seconds and a 5K in 14 minutes and 50 seconds, his page said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Subsequent recording artists—Sinatra, Crosby and others—changed the meter to either a 4/4 or a cut-time two-beat meter in keeping with the jazz era that swept the U.S. in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The triple feel probably feels better—as it should because the song is in a 3/4 meter.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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