## Meanings
1. A unit of length equal to 100 centimetres (US spelling of 'metre').
2. A device that measures and records an amount, such as gas, water, or electricity used.
3. To measure something with a meter.
4. The regular rhythm of beats in poetry or music.

## Examples
- The pool is fifty meters long.
- A man came to read the electricity meter.
- The company meters the flow of water to each house.
- The poem is written in a steady meter.

## Derived Forms
- anglemeter
- bimeter
- coal-meter
- e-meter
- flowmeter
- glossmeter
- hendecameter
- heptameter
- hexameter
- hypermeter
- meterable
- meterage

## Related Forms
- metster

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *meh₁-
- Root: meter
- Root: metre
- Root: metrum
- Root: μέτρον

## Etymology
From Middle English meter, metre, from Old English meter and Old French metre; both from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

## AI Etymology
Meter comes from Middle English meter, metre, from Old English meter and Old French metre; both from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). In present-day English its meanings include a unit of length equal to 100 centimetres (US spelling of 'metre'), a device that measures and records an amount, such as gas, water, or electricity used, and to measure something with a meter. The historical chain runs through *meh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), meter (Middle English), meter (Old English), metre (Old French), and metrum (Latin). Related and derived forms include metster, anglemeter, bimeter, and coal-meter.

## Topics
- Art & Music
- Mathematics & Measurement

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