reading meter reading | the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments, he has a job meter reading for the gas company |
electric meter power meter | a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used |
ethyl chloride | a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic |
gas meter gasometer | a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe |
gravimeter gravity meter | a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth |
light meter exposure meter photometer | photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light |
meter | any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity |
parking meter | a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space, depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time |
postage meter | meter for bulk mailings that imprints correct prepaid postage on pieces of mail and records the total charge |
water meter | meter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outlet |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
reading meter reading indication | a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument, he could not believe the meter reading, the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm |
heroic verse heroic meter heroic | a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes, dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter |
meter metre measure beat cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
common measure common meter | the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad |
meter maid | policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets |
square meter square metre centare | a centare is th of an are |
kiloliter kilolitre cubic meter cubic metre | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to liters |
meter metre m | the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately . yards) |
kilogram-meter | a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter |
polyvinyl chloride PVC | a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables |
sodium chloride common salt | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) |
ammonium chloride sal ammoniac | a white salt used in dry cells |
methylene blue methylthionine chloride | a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning |
bleaching powder chlorinated lime chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and or disinfect |
acetyl chloride ethanoyl chloride | colorless liquid acyl chloride (CHCOCl) that has a pungent odor |
potassium chloride potassium muriate potash muriate K-Dur Kaochlor K-lor Klorvess K-lyte | salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur , Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte), taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency |
hydrogen chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
calcium chloride | a deliquescent salt, used in de-icing and as a drying agent |
mercuric chloride mercury chloride bichloride of mercury corrosive sublimate | a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury, used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative |
calomel mercurous chloride | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
chloride | any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
chloride | any compound containing a chlorine atom |
aluminum chloride aluminium chloride | a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst |
methylene chloride dichloromethane | a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant |
obidoxime chloride | a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
silver chloride | a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions |
stannic chloride | a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine |
meter | measure with a meter, meter the flow of water |
meter | stamp with a meter indicating the postage, meter the mail |