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Meter (disambiguation) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | a (An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose) device for measuring (such as parking, water etc.): see (Instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something) measuring instrument, (additional info and facts about meter (electronics)) meter (electronics) |
 | | In the USA "meter" is used for all of the above. |
 | | In the UK and other Commonwealth countries, "metre" is the unit of length and the poetical and musical concepts, and "meter" is used for measuring devices. |
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