- a variation of meter.
metre
Example Sentences
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Most of the candidates -- the highest number of any parliamentary election -- are standing as independents, and have led to a ballot paper which is nearly a metre long.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
He later recalled being told there were barricades more than a metre high ahead and being asked what to do.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The cost of the drinking water produced by desalination plants on the Aeolian Islands is around two euros per cubic metre.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Statistics show that there is a 100% chance of a tsunami of at least one metre high in the Mediterranean Sea in the next 30 years.”
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
Showed them the jets through which at every twelfth metre from zero to 2040 it was automatically injected.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
