meter 的定义
- the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m
meter 近义词
rhythm, beat
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- We’d drill down about a meter, scan the borehole for organic matter, and then drill down another meter, looking for life as we went.
- Normally, the top meter or so of the permafrost, called the “active layer,” actually thaws in summer.
- They also used data from smart meters in homes and other measures of energy use.
- Billions of cubic meters of concrete are produced every year.
- On the scale of a billionth of a meter, it’s called a nanotube.
- The concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, is at 153 micrograms per cubic meter.
- You can only see from above about a meter below the surface.
- The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.
- On one recent night, with only a brief break between, she had two five-hour private sessions—the meter running by the minute.
- The calorie meter—accurate or not—helps too, because it feels like an accomplishment to see that number go up.
- Down the block, a taxi that had been parked with meter ticking across from Engel's apartment-hotel drew away slowly.
- Plants are set out one meter apart in each direction, as they spread considerably.
- I think the change began with the failure of the supply of gas from the penny-in-the-slot meter.
- Indeed, he states explicitly that most forms of poetry do use all of the media mentioned: rhythm, tune, and meter.
- I have been glad ever since to live where there is nothing more to do than turn the gas off at the meter when one goes to bed.