-meter

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++-meter1  → meter2  → variant of -metre at -metre

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I

-meter /miːtə, mɪtə $ -tər/ suffix [in nouns]an instrument for measuring something:
    a thermometer (=an instrument for measuring heat)

II

-metre British English, -meter American English /miːtə, mɪtə $ -tər/ suffix [in nouns]
part of a metre, or a number of metres:
    a millimetre
    a kilometer