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PH meter (3002 bytes)
1: ...alloons out into a round thin glass bulb. The pH meter is best thought of as a tube within a tube. The ... 3: ...rence end is essentially the inner tube of the pH meter, which for obvious reasons cannot lose ions to th... 5: The measuring part of the pH meter, the glass bulb on the bottom, is coated both ins... 7: ...e is a free energy change and this is what the pH meter actually measures. The hydrated gel membrane is ... 9: A pH meter is [[calibrated]] using acids and alkalis of know... VU Meter (266 bytes) 1: A VU (Volume Unit) Meter was often included in analog audio equipment to d... Meter maid (869 bytes) 1: A '''meter maid''' is a [[female]] member of a [[police]] [[... 3: ...st known for [[the Beatles]]' song ''Lovely Rita, Meter Maid,'' in which the male singer, smitten with Ri... 5: :''Standing by a parking meter, when I caught a glimpse of Rita'' 11: In the [[United Kingdom]] a meter maid is called a '''traffic warden''', although t... Clamp meter (2463 bytes) 1: A '''clamp meter''' is a type of [[ammeter]] which measures [[AC current]] without the need ... 3: Clamp meters are also known as '''tong testers'''. 5: The most common forms of clamp meter are: 7: *A probe for use with a [[multimeter]]. 9: *A built-in part of a specialised multimeter used by electricians. Meter (electronics) (604 bytes) 1: ...], there are many types of [[Measuring instrument|meter]]s used for different functions. 7: *[[Multimeter]] for the description of a general-purpose test i... 8: *[[Clamp meter]] for the [[AC current]]-measuring test instrumen... 9: ...]], [[ammeter]], and [[ohmmeter]] for specialised meters reading [[voltage]], [[current (electricity)|cur... People meter (521 bytes) 1: The '''People Meter''' is a device and system designed by [[Nielsen M... Sloka meter (111 bytes) 1: ...Sloka meter''' is a [[Sanskrit]] [[meter (poetry)|meter]] consisting of two lines of sixteen syllables ea... Electricity meter (13709 bytes) 1: ...own as a (kilo)[[watt-hour]] meter or a [[joule]] meter. 5: ...s visible in centre of meter.]]Modern electricity meters operate by continuously measuring the instantane... 7: ... meter is the [[electromechanical]] [[induction]] meter. This consists of an [[aluminium]] [[disc]] which... 9: ...it]] is shown through a window in the face of the meter, or of the pointer type where a pointer indicates... 11: The type of meter described above is used on a [[Single-phase elect... Meter (poetry) (14716 bytes) 1: ...]", "dactylic tetrameter", etc. The origin of all meters is ancient Greek poetry from Homer, Pindar, Hesi... 3: ==Technical terms in poetic meter== 4: ...f break within a poetic line. In Latin and Greek meter, caesura refers to a break within a foot caused b... 5: ...of poetry is reversed with respect to the general meter of a poem, it is referred to as an inversion. Th... 6: * Headless: A ''headless'' meter is one where the first foot is missing its first ... Meter (disambiguation) (790 bytes) 1: A '''meter''' or '''metre''' is: 4: ...ater etc.): see '''[[measuring instrument]]''', [[meter (electronics)]] 5: ... a [[parking meter]], [[water meter]], [[electric meter]] 6: * a person who reads these is a [[meter maid]] 7: * a [[concept]] in [[poetry]]: see '''[[meter (poetry)]]''' Par meter (749 bytes) 1: ...the '''peak-to-average ratio''' (''p/a'' r). Such meters are used as a quick means to identify degraded [... 3: Par meters are very sensitive to [[envelope delay distortio... 5: ...e ratio can be determined for many [[signal]] parameters, such as voltage, current, power, [[frequency]],... Parking meter (1224 bytes) 1: ...mage:parking_meter_pd_med.jpg|thumb|175px|Parking meter]] 2: ...s set within the meter. A dial or display on the meter indicates how much time is remaining. 4: Parking meters are usually relatively small boxes attached to t... 6: ...]]s as well. The world's first installed parking meter was in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] on [[July 16]]... 11: .../www.ionet.net/~luttrell/history.html The Parking Meter Page] Light meter (1649 bytes) 1: ...ht|Photograph of a handheld digital ambient light meter, showing an f-stop of 5.6 for 24 frame/s 500 ISO ... 3: ...Given a [[film speed]] and [[shutter speed]], the meter will show the [[f-number|f-stop]] which would giv... 5: ...], [[Cadmium Sulfide|CdS]], and [[silicon]] light meters. 7: ...o require a battery to operate. Most modern light meters use silicon or CdS sensors. 9: ...rapher]]s generally use handheld '''ambient light meters''' to precisely measure the light falling on var... Gas meter (3106 bytes) 1: ...]]es such as [[natural gas]] and [[propane]]. Gas meters are usually used at every residence and commerci... 3: Three different designs of gas meters are in common use, depending on the total volume... 5: == Diaphragm meters == 6: ...ntially all residential installations. Within the meter are two chambers formed by movable [[diaphragm]]s... 8: ...emperature can not be handled as easily, but some meters are designed with built-in temperature compensat... Ramp meter (3183 bytes) 1: ...p the [[queue]] and get directly on the highway. Meters often only operate in [[rush hour]] periods. 3: ==Ramp metering in North America== 6: ...Antonio, Texas]] and [[Columbus, Ohio]]. Disused metering signals can still be found, forgotten along so... 8: ...new, less onerous ramp control strategies. Fewer meters are activated during the course of a normal day ... 10: == Ramp metering in [[Australia]]== Parking meter theft (1365 bytes) 1: ...'Parking meter theft''' is [[theft]] of [[parking meter]]s, often as a prank. 3: ...rted that thieves had stolen about 38 meters. The meters will take nearly $25,000 to replace, along with ... 5: ...es, meters and poles are stolen, while in others, meters are only damaged. 8: ...s employed countermeasures, such as sheathing the meter pole in a freely rotating steel pipe to protect i... 11: ...tion=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=Parking+meter+theft&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_... Personal People Meter (828 bytes) 1: The '''Personal People Meter''', or '''PPM''', is a device developed by [[Arbi... Variable area meter (273 bytes) 1: A '''variable area meter''' is a meter that measures fluid flow by allowing the cross se... 3: A [[rotameter]] is example of a '''variable area meter'''. Blood glucose meter (1209 bytes) 1: ...[Image:Glucometer002.jpg|left|250px|Blood glucose meter]] 3: A '''blood glucose meter''' is a small, portable, battery-powered device f... 5: ...aining a fresh sample of blood is inserted in the meter, which then calculates the level of glucose in th... 7: ...the skin. Then the sampling is initiated and the meter draws the blood onto the strip: the user need not... Automatic meter reading (192 bytes) 1: ...gy of automatically collecting data from [[energy meter]]s and transferring that data to a central databa...
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