Meter (disambiguation)

Meter or metre may refer to:
* Metre, a unit of measurement
* Meter (poetry), the regular linguistic sound patterns of verse
* Metre (music), the regular rhythmic patterns of music
* The Meters, a funk band
* Meter, or measuring instrument, including electric meter, gas meter, parking meter, postage meter
* Meter maid, or parking attendant, a person who reads a meter
* Meter, an Anatolian-Aegean mother goddess, see Cybele

In British/Commonwealth/Canadian English the unit of length and the poetical or musical concepts are spelt metre, but a measuring device is spelt meter. In American English all of the above are spelled meter. See also American and British English differences.

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