Measured verse or rhythmic language; rhythmic language as determined by or divided into fixed measures, That which measures, or is used for measuring; specifically, an instrument that records or indicates automatically the quantity, force, or pressure of a fluid passing through it or actuating it_ used in composition, as in gas-meter, water-meter (see these words), or alone when the fluid to be measured, as gas or water, is understood, music) an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure, verb_ To measure with a metering device, To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter, stamp with a meter indicating the postage