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people meter

people meter is the alternative form of peoplemeter.

Meaning of peoplemeter

Noun

peoplemeter (plural peoplemeters)

  1. A device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.
    • These machines could not indicate if anyone was actually sitting in front of the TV watching it. But new machines called peoplemeters can tell which members of the family are watching […]1990, Lynne S. Gross, The New Television Technologies, page 7

Forms of people meter

pluralpeople meters

Questions about people meter

What is people meter the alternative form of?
People meter is the alternative form of peoplemeter.

Words near people meter in the dictionary

  1. people from Porlock
  2. people group
  3. people having ordinary skill in the art
  4. people in the street
  5. people journalism
  6. people meter
  7. people meters
  8. people mountain people sea
  9. people mover
  10. people movers
  11. people of God

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