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Meaning of "water meter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER METER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER METER

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Water meter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WATER METER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Water metering

Water metering is the process of measuring water use. In many developed countries water meters are used to measure the volume of water used by residential and commercial building that are supplied with water by a public water supply system. Water meters can also be used at the water source, well, or throughout a water system to determine flow through a particular portion of the system. In most of the world water meters measure flow in cubic metres or litres but in the USA and some other countries water meters are calibrated in cubic feet or US gallons on a mechanical or electronic register. Some electronic meter registers can display rate-of-flow in addition to total usage. There are several types of water meters in common use. The choice depends on the flow measurement method, the type of end user, the required flow rates, and accuracy requirements. In North America, standards for manufacturing water meters are set by the American Water Works Association.

Definition of water meter in the English dictionary

The definition of water meter in the dictionary is a device for measuring the quantity or rate of water flowing through a pipe.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER METER

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water leguaan
water level
water lily
water line
water lobelia
water louse
water main
water meadow
water measurer
water milfoil
water mill
water mint
water moccasin
water nymph
water of crystallization
water on the brain
water ouzel
water ox
water paint

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER METER

accelerometer
barometer
centimeter
Demeter
diameter
diffractometer
meter
micrometer
millimeter
multimeter
odometer
parameter
perimeter
peter
potentiometer
spectrometer
spectrophotometer
speedometer
tachometer
thermometer
voltmeter

Synonyms and antonyms of water meter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «water meter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER METER

Find out the translation of water meter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of water meter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «water meter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水表
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medidor de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water meter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी के मीटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عداد مياه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

счетчик воды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

medidor de água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পানির পরিমাপক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Compteur d´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

meter air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wasserzähler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水道メーター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

물 미터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meter banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thước đo nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீர் அளவு மானி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणी मापक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

su sayacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contatore dell´acqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wodomierz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лічильник води
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contor de apă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετρητή νερού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

watermeter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattenmätare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vannmåler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of water meter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER METER»

The term «water meter» is regularly used and occupies the 68.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER METER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water meter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER METER»

Discover the use of water meter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to water meter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Integrated Water Meter Management
Integrated Water Meter Management provides a clear
Francisco Arregui, Enrique Cabrera, Ricardo Cobacho, 2006
2
Water Meters - Selection, Installation, Testing and Maintenance
In the water industry, the meter's accuracy is most commonly called the percent registration (% registration). A water meter that has 101% accuracy at a given flow rate indicates that 1% more water has been delivered to the proving system than ...
American Water Works Association, 1999
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Residential Construction Academy: Plumbing
WATER METER CONNECTION The water meter connection to the water service depends on the type of meter provided by the local water authority. The water meter connection is made outside and below ground if an exterior meter is installed ...
Michael Joyce, Ray Holder, 2011
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Advances in Water Supply Management: Proceedings of the ...
bigger value for water meter DN50. Table 3 . Results of comparative research of water meters. Average divergence of total measured volume of water in comparison with compound water meter Every day during one week research readouts of ...
Č Maksimović, David Butler, Fayyaz Ali Memon, 2003
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On an improved water meter, by C. W. Siemens. Excerpt ...
In January, 1854, the writer communicated to this Institution in paper on an improved Water Meter, in which he described several mechanical arrangements, by which he had succeeded in measuring water flowing through pipes, with a ...
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain), Charles William Siemens, 1856
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The Venturi Water Meter...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Clemens Herschel, 2012
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The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, ...
Gosnell 3 held that a water meter is not so exclusively for the benefit of the water company that the duty to furnish it cannot be imposed on the consumer, and that a municipal corporation may require consumers of water in certain cases to use ...
Henry P. Farnham, 2013
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Listening to Theatre: The Aural Dimension of Beijing Opera
(erliuban) and flowing-water-meter (liushuiban). Two-six-meter is faster and more syllabic than primary-meter; flowing- water-meter is faster and more syllabic than two-six-meter, but still less so than fast-meter. Two-six-meter in most instances ...
Elizabeth Wichmann, 1991
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Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts ...
USABLE ON CODE UNIT 7319(CONT) 122 1 XDFZZ 09550 152B71D .SCREW REGISTER BOX ATTACHING EA 1 122 2 XDFZZ 09550 152B84 .REGISTER BOX WATER METER EA 122 3 XDFZZ 09550 152B89 .SPRING RETAINING DIAL ...
‎1985
10
Pumps, Electromechanical Devices and Systems Applied to ...
A CFD commercial code has been used to perform the simulation of the unsteady flow within a particular water-meter. To obtain water-meter accuracy data, the rotational speed of the turbine is calculated as a result of its interaction with the ...
Enrique Cabrera, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER METER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term water meter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tom Selleck, water district reach tentative settlement in dispute
With a $710 check, the Thousand Oaks-based construction company Burns Pacific Construction Inc. secured a city-approved water meter on the fire hydrant in ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Lawsuit filed against PWSA for inaccurate billing from radio …
Wireless water meter readers installed throughout the Pittsburgh area are notoriously faulty and have reported inaccurate readings for some homeowners, ... «Tribune-Review, May 15»
3
California drought: Town fights turning on long-installed water meters
But that attitude is quickly changing because of the drought, coupled with a state law that requires every California community to install water meters by 2025. «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
4
Well Water Metering? Not on My Land, Say California Landowners
In drought-parched California, there's a topic many private landowners remain steadfast about: Water well metering. During normal precipitation years, surface ... «NBCNews.com, May 15»
5
Flint water investigator searched home without warrant, lawsuit claims
Mahan then began to search the home, citing a city ordinance that allows warrantless searches and inspections on water meter connections, according to the ... «MLive.com, Apr 15»
6
California's Water Crisis Draws Investors
Companies that manufacture and install water meters, like Mueller Water Products, ... have kept California from investing heavily in making sea water drinkable, ... «Benzinga, Apr 15»
7
Drought-hit California tightens low-flow toilet, faucet rules
“In the face of California's current drought, we must use water as efficiently as ... including many where residents' use is not measured by water meters may be ... «Yahoo News, Apr 15»
8
In drought, Californians lacking water meters let it flow
So strong was the belief that water was an inalienable right that several ... If the neighborhood gets put on water meters, they might have to rethink that, ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
9
UC Santa Cruz using new water meter technology
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —The University of California Santa Cruz is launching new water meter technology that could lower water use and find elusive leaks ... «KSBW The Central Coast, Apr 15»
10
Mayor, DPW address status of failed water meters, mains
The water situation in Baltimore City has now reached a critical level in Baltimore City and Baltimore County as water mains and water meters continue to fail. «WBAL Baltimore, Feb 15»

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