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metre
1/ ˈ³¾¾±Ë³ÙÉ™ /
noun
- a metric unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards
- the basic SI unit of length; the length of the path travelled by light in free space during a time interval of 1/299Â 792Â 458 of a second. In 1983 this definition replaced the previous one based on krypton-86, which in turn had replaced the definition based on the platinum-iridium metre bar kept in Paris
metre
2/ ˈ³¾¾±Ë³ÙÉ™ /
noun
- prosody the rhythmic arrangement of syllables in verse, usually according to the number and kind of feet in a line
- music another word (esp US) for time
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of metre1
Origin of metre2
Example Sentences
It should have been a easy clearance for Zoe Harrison, but she knocked on behind her own line and gifted Wales a five metre scrum.
World player of the year Ellie Kildunne, who scored nine tries and gained over 300 metres more than any player in last year's tournament from full-back, like Jones, returns to the team.
A few hundred metres away, I met men, women and children who were looking for ways to reach home, hundreds of miles away.
Its foreign ministry said it would respond according to international law if a "square metre of Chadian territory is threatened".
The crack stretches a couple of metres along a section of cliffs close to the Belle Tout lighthouse at Beachy Head near Eastbourne.
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