noun
The metric unit of length. In ordinary modern Japanese it is written メートル; the kanji spellings 米 and 米突 are rare ateji.
from French mètre
駅まであと二百メートルです。
It is another two hundred meters to the station.
He is one meter eighty centimeters tall.
noun
Refers to a measuring instrument or gauge, but this meaning is normally written and said メーター in modern Japanese; メートル for this sense is uncommon or old-fashioned.
See also: メーター
計器を指す「メートル」は、今はふつう「メーター」と言う。
For a measuring instrument, メートル is now usually called メーター.