1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter.
Not to be confused with Signal strength meter. In telecommunications, field strength meter is a measuring device which measures the signal strength caused by a transmitter. 1 The relation between the electric field and the transmitted power.
Measuring soil texture. Field or hand texturing is a measure of the behaviour of a small handful of soil when moistened and kneaded into a ball slightly larger than the size of a golf ball (NSW Agriculture, 1988) or bolus and pressed out to form a ribbon between the thumb and forefinger (figure 1).