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METRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("metre" is a kind of...):
rhythmicity (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)
Derivation:
metric (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Synonyms:
beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("metre" is a kind of...):
poetic rhythm; prosody; rhythmic pattern ((prosody) a system of versification)
Domain category:
metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metre"):
catalexis (the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse)
scansion (analysis of verse into metrical patterns)
common measure; common meter (the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad)
foot; metrical foot; metrical unit ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)
Derivation:
metrical (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Synonyms:
m; meter; metre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("metre" is a kind of...):
metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)
Meronyms (parts of "metre"):
decimeter; decimetre; dm (a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter)
Holonyms ("metre" is a part of...):
dam; decameter; decametre; dekameter; dekametre; dkm (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)
Derivation:
metrical (based on the meter as a standard of measurement)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb metre
Context examples:
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated for its leaves.
(Camellia sinensis, NCI Thesaurus)
The device, which was tested experimentally by Lepage’s co-authors from the Institut Néel, measures just a few millionths of a metre long.
(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)
On September 30, 2019, Karsten Warholm of Norway won the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)
The researchers suggest that while the reef has been able to turn the corner after all 5 death events, mainly due to its remarkable ability to move across the seafloor at a rate of between 0.2 and 1.5 metres a year, they are doubtful about its ability to survive the current trend of global reef decline.
(Major study reveals Great Barrier Reef’s 30,000-year fight for survival, University of Granada)
After carefully checking existing databases of Amazonian plant species located in regions up to an altitude of 1,000 metres, they determined that a number of species were included in three earlier studies (2016, 2016 and 2009) in error.
(Inventory revises down Amazon tree species list, SciDev.Net)
In Argentina, the smoke was visible to the naked eye from Patagonia, in the south of the country, to Santiago del Estero, in the north. The greatest concentrations were found at about 5,000 metres high, and therefore had no impact on surface visibility, according to the meteorological service.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
In a typical urban area with a high level of background air pollution — for example, around 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) per cubic metre, or a nitrogen dioxide concentration around 33 micrograms per cubic metre — an extra 300 trees per square kilometre was associated with around 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per 100,000 residents over the 15 year study period.
(Asthma Attacks Reduced in Tree-Lined Urban Neighborhoods, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Prior to the Ediacaran period, between 635 and 541 million years ago, life forms were microscopic in size, but during the Ediacaran, large, complex organisms first appeared, some of which – such as a type of organism known as rangeomorphs – grew as tall as two metres.
(Why life on Earth first got big, University of Cambridge)
The findings are based on measurements of methane emissions taken from 2,300 trees spread across a number of locations surrounding the rivers Negro, Solimões, Amazonas and Tapajós — where the water level can flood trees by up to 10 metres.
(Amazon trees are major source of methane emission, SciDev.Net)
SI has a short list of base units defined in an absolute way without referring to any other units: the metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
(International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)
