Measuring vs Metering - What's the difference?
measuring | metering |
Act of measurement.
* 1899 , Self Culture (volume 8, page 683)
used to meter something
(chiefly, US) the process of marking a stamp with a meter
(chiefly, US) the marking itself; franking
As verbs the difference between measuring and metering
is that measuring is present participle of lang=en while metering is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between measuring and metering
is that measuring is act of measurement while metering is the process of marking a stamp with a meter.As an adjective metering is
used to meter something.measuring
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.
Anagrams
*metering
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Alternative forms
* meteringAdjective
(-)- The museum curator went to the shelf and pulled down an ancient metering device.
