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.
The first and most common is the free-field type. The free-field microphone is most accurate when measuring sound pressure levels that radiate from a single direction and source, which is pointed directly (0o incidence angle) at the microphone diaphragm, and operated in an area that minimizes sound reflections.