antimeter
antimeter noun: a modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
Noun (1)
antimeter (plural antimeters)
- A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- A description of Mr. Garrard's Antimeter, or Reflecting Circle, may be seen in his pamphlet, published in 1785; and in the article Antimeter, by the Author of this work1809, Andrew Mackay, The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land, page 78
Noun (2)
antimeter (plural antimeters)
- A contrasting rhythm or meter that deliberately interrupts or clashes with the naturally expected metrical pattern.
- Blake and Dickinson looked in the same place for an anti-meter (Hollander's term) ; Blake's rough fourteeners employ a one-line adaptation of the meter Dickinson favored, the ballad or hymn stanza.2000, Annie Finch, The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse, page 18
- The conflict between meter and antimeter is a critical aspect of the textural rhythm, and takes on significance as a rhetorical code that lends affective immediacy to the psychological drama of the recording.2013, Kevin Holm-Hudson, Progressive Rock Reconsidered, page 78
Adjective
antimeter (comparative more antimeter, superlative most antimeter)
- Opposed to the use of meters (such as parking meters, water meters, etc.).
- Hence, as might have been forseen, the few meters installed have not materially reduced the total wastage, and the antimeter people have been enabled to cry, I told you so!"1916 March, John C. Trautwine, Jr., “The Anarchism of Councils is Very Largely Responsible for Effects in Present Methods”, in Water and Gas Review, volume 26, number 9, page 10
- After being fined one dollar for overtime parking, Howard Henry launched an antimeter campaign which resulted in two referendunms in which voters outlawed them throughout the State.1962 June, William E. Miles, “Meters by the Mile”, in The Rotarian, volume 100, number 6, page 31
Forms of antimeter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | antimeters |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more antimeter |
| superlative | most antimeter |
Origin of antimeter
From anti- (“physically opposite”) + -meter (“measuring device”).
From anti- (“opposing counterpart”) + meter (“metrical pattern”).
From anti- (“against”) + meter (“device for collecting payment”).
Questions about antimeter
- What does antimeter mean?
- Antimeter means a modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- What part of speech is antimeter?
- Antimeter can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of antimeter?
- The plural of antimeter is antimeters.
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