meter vs modulation

meter

noun
  • The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds. 

  • A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment. 

  • A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it. 

  • The overall rhythm of a song or poem; particularly, the number of beats in a measure or syllables in a line. 

verb
  • To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath). 

  • To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter. 

  • To measure with a metering device. 

modulation

noun
  • The variation and regulation of a population, physiological response, etc. 

  • The process of applying a signal to a carrier. 

  • A change in key. 

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