The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches
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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1 094 yards)
The groupings in which a succession of rhythmic pulses or beats is organized; in standard notation, indicated by a time signature at the beginning of a work
The basic unit of length in the metric system of measurement A metre is equal to approximately 3 28 feet or 1 09 yards
poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter
Recurring patterns of accented and unaccented beats that produce a rhythmic grouping
The basic unit for measuring length in the International System of Units (SI) This system is Canada's official system of measurement
{i} (British spelling for meter) basic unit of length in the metric system, one hundred centimeters, 39.37 inches; definite measurement; poetic measure; rhythm (in music); instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water, or electricity)
In the study of poetry, metre is the regular and rhythmic arrangement of syllables according to particular patterns. They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre All of the poems are written in traditional metres and rhyme schemes. In poetry, the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line. Various principles have been devised to organize poetic lines into rhythmic units. Quantitative verse, the metre of Classical Greek and Latin poetry, measures the length of time required to pronounce syllables, regardless of their stress; combinations of long and short syllables form the basic rhythmic units. Syllabic verse is most common in languages that are not strongly accented, such as French or Japanese; it is based on a fixed number of syllables within a line. Accentual verse occurs in strongly stressed languages, such as the Germanic; only stressed syllables within a line are counted. Accentual-syllabic verse is the usual form in English poetry; it combines syllable counting and stress counting. The most common English metre, iambic pentameter, is a line of 10 syllables, or 5 iambic feet; each foot contains an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Free verse does not follow regular metrical patterns. See also prosody. Basic unit of length in the metric system and the International System of Units. In 1983 the General Conference on Weights and Measures decided that the accepted value for the speed of light would be exactly 299,792,458 metres per second, so the metre is now defined as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second. One metre is equal to about 39.37 in. in the U.S. Customary System
A metre is a metric unit of length equal to 100 centimetres. Chris Boardman won the Olympic 4,000 metres pursuit The tunnel is 10 metres wide and 600 metres long
The pattern of groups of syllables (long and short, stressed and unstressed) in which poetry is usually written (It is beyond the scope of this glossary to explain this term in any great detail - I recommend that you look it up in a dictionary of literary terms or a specialised book on poetry )