Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word meter.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word meter and, of course, meter synonyms and on the right images related to the word meter.
No result for meter. Showing similar results...
Candle meter
Candle meter Candle meter (Photom.)
The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of
one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great
Britain.
Coulomb meter
Coulomb meter Cou`lomb" me"ter (Elec.)
Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in
coulombs.
Current meterCurrent Cur"rent, n. [Cf. F. courant. See Current, a. ]
1. A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of
fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a
stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of
water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion;
as, a current of electricity.
Two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify
the banks that bound them in. --Shak.
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents,
whose direction . . . the navigator should know.
--Nichol.
2. General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and
connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of
opinion, etc.
Current meter, an instrument for measuring the velocity,
force, etc., of currents.
Current mill, a mill driven by a current wheel.
Current wheel, a wheel dipping into the water and driven by
the current of a stream or by the ebb and flow of the
tide.
Syn: Stream; course. See Stream. Dry meterMeter Me"ter, n. [From Mete to measure.]
1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See
Coal-meter.
2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording
automatically, the quantity measured.
Dry meter, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with
flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and
measure the gas by filling and emptying.
W?t meter, a gas meter in which the revolution of a
chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through
it. Friction meterFtiction Ftic"tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to
rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf.
Dentifrice.]
1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of
another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the
body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to
excite the skin to healthy action.
2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the
surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding
motion, or to rolling motion.
3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or
work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard
progress.
Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich
a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the
hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes
of different materials.
Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on
small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their
circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft,
to relieve it of friction; -- called also friction
wheels.
Friction balls, or
Friction rollers, balls or rollers placed so as to receive
the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve
friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring
the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving
shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its
friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by
observing the force required to keep the clamp from
revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
Friction chocks, brakes attached to the common standing
garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or
wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and
prevent its running back. --Earrow.
Friction clutch, Friction coupling, an engaging and
disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc.,
acting by friction; esp.:
(a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so
forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that
the two will revolve together; as, in the
illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust
forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the
other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by
the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives.
(b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of
being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and
can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in
starting.
Friction drop hammer, one in which the hammer is raised for
striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip
the hammer rod.
Friction gear. See Frictional gearing, under
Frictional.
Friction machine, an electrical machine, generating
electricity by friction.
Friction meter, an instrument for measuring friction, as in
testing lubricants.
Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of
chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which
readily ignites by friction.
Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing
cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the
friction powder or composition with which the tube is
filled.
Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional
gearing. See under Frictional. Gas meter Gas fitter, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for
gas.
Gas fitting.
(a) The occupation of a gas fitter.
(b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas
into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc.
Gas fixture, a device for conveying illuminating or
combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner,
consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn
metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are
adjusted.
Gas generator, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as:
(a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by
heat;
(b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of
liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor;
(c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for
a["e]rating water, bread, etc. --Knight.
Gas jet, a flame of illuminating gas.
Gas machine, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as
illuminating gas.
Gas meter, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas
consumed in a given time, at a particular place.
Gas retort, a retort which contains the coal and other
materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the
manufacture of gas.
Gas stove, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by
gas.
Gas tar, coal tar.
Gas trap, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th Trap, 5.
Gas washer (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from
the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream
of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it.
--Knight.
Gas water, water through which gas has been passed for
purification; -- called also gas liquor and ammoniacal
water, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac,
carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. --Tomlinson.
Gas well, a deep boring, from which natural gas is
discharged. --Raymond.
Gas works, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and
appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting
cities.
Laughing gas. See under Laughing.
Marsh gas (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous
hydrocarbon, CH4, produced artificially by the dry
distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as
a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools,
whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary
illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin
series. Called also methane, and in coal mines, fire
damp.
Natural gas, gas obtained from wells, etc., in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for
fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from
the Coal Measures.
Olefiant gas (Chem.). See Ethylene.
Water gas (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over
glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen
and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating
power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which
is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon,
as gasoline. Phase meter
Phase meter Phase meter, or Phasemeter Phase"me`ter, n.
(Elec.)
A device for measuring the difference in phase of two
alternating currents of electromotive forces.
Torsion meterTorsion meter Torsion meter (Mech.)
An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and
hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine
of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given
length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer,
torsometer. Water meter
Water meter Wa"ter me"ter
A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or
received for any purpose, as from a street main.
Wt meterMeter Me"ter, n. [From Mete to measure.]
1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See
Coal-meter.
2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording
automatically, the quantity measured.
Dry meter, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with
flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and
measure the gas by filling and emptying.
W?t meter, a gas meter in which the revolution of a
chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through
it.
Meaning of meter from wikipedia
- The
Meters (later The
Funky Meters) are an
American funk band
formed in 1965 in New
Orleans by
Zigaboo Modeliste (drums),
George Porter Jr. (b****), Leo...
- An
electricity meter,
electric meter,
electrical meter,
energy meter, or kilowatt-hour
meter is a
device that
measures the
amount of
electric energy consumed...
- A
parking meter is a
device used to
collect money in
exchange for the
right to park a
vehicle in a
particular place for a
limited amount of time. Parking...
- The
metre (or
meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of
length in the
International System of
Units (SI).
Since 2019, the
metre has been defined...
- A pH
meter is a
scientific instrument that
measures the hydrogen-ion
activity in water-based solutions,
indicating its
acidity or
alkalinity expressed...
- metres, or 100-
meter dash, is a
sprint race in
track and
field competitions. The
shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-
meter (109.36 yd) dash...
-
advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
differs from
automatic meter reading (AMR) in that it
enables two-way
communication between the
meter and the supplier...
- In photography, the
metering mode
refers to the way in
which a
camera determines exposure.
Cameras generally allow the user to
select between spot, center-weighted...
- A
light meter (or illuminometer) is a
device used to
measure the
amount of light. In photography, an
exposure meter is a
light meter coupled to either...
- The E-
Meter (also
electropsychometer and
Hubbard Electrometer) is an
electronic device used in
Scientology that
allegedly "registers
emotional reactions"...
