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meter

1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See coal-meter.

2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured. Dry meter, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and measure the gas by filling and emptying. Wt meter, a gas meter in which the revolution of a chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through it.

Origin: From Mete to measure.


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Unit conversion

Oh goodness, I just realized I converted to square meters and not cubic meters! Goodness, I'm going to chalk that up to a finals-induced brain fart. Hopefully I won't do something that silly on a test! :p

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Sat May 09, 2009 6:10 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
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Chloroplast, Mitochondria, Nucleus

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about aquatic organism...

... density of water is 4 degrees Celsius"? Celsius is a unit of temperature, not density. That's like saying a person's weight is 1.85 meters.

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by alextemplet
Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:43 pm
 
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... plot in order to get enough specimens. An example of this would be: Imagine a forest of 1 square mile with a tree spacing of 1 tree per 50 square meters. If your objective is to determine the total number of trees in the forest, you would not want to construct a 20 square meter plot. You would ...

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by mmmmmm
Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:40 am
 
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Field Experiments and Lab Experiments

... plot in order to get enough specimens. An example of this would be: Imagine a forest of 1 square mile with a tree spacing of 1 tree per 50 square meters. If your objective is to determine the total number of trees in the forest, you would not want to construct a 20 square meter plot. You would ...

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by AstusAleator
Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:35 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Field Experiments and Lab Experiments
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