metering

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noun

The act of using a meter for measurement.

“light metering”

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounmetering (countable and uncountable, plural meterings)

plural meterings · alternative metring

  1. countableuncountableThe act of using a meter for measurement.

    light metering

    1 more example

    The museum curator went to the shelf and pulled down an ancient metering device.

  2. UScountableuncountableThe process of marking a stamp with a meter.
  3. UScountableuncountableThe marking itself; franking.
verb

alternative metring

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of meter

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metering.

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