Spelling metre or meter

1 of 15 Pat Naughtin 2008 Spelling metre or meter By Pat Naughtin Some time ago, a journalist in the USA gently chided me for the way I spell meter and metre in the Metrication matters newsletter. In reply I wrote: I use both meter and metre . I use meter when I refer to any device that measures something (such as gas meter , parking meter , speedometer, and voltmeter) or to a particular measurement (such as diameter and perimeter). I use metre when I refer to a unit of distance (such as in micrometre, millimetre, metre , and kilometre). That is, as a general rule of thumb, I use meter if referring to a device that does the actual measuring or to the name of a particular measurement, and I use metre if the unit and the subject is related in any way to the metric system more formally known as the International System of Units (SI).

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