(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'meter'
1.
A ~ is a metric unit of length equal to 100 centi~s.
Chris Boardman won the Olympic 4,000 ~s pursuit...
The tunnel is 10 ~s wide and 600 ~s long.
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2.
In the study of poetry, ~ is the regular and rhythmic arrangement of syllables according to particular patterns. (TECHNICAL)
They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative ~...
All of the poems are written in traditional ~s and rhyme schemes.
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