antimeter adjective 1noun 2forms 3 adjective1 •Opposed to the use of meters (such as parking meters, water meters, etc.).Hence, as might have been forseen, the few meters installed have not materially reduced the total wastage, and the antimeter people have been enabled to cry, I told you so!" — 1916 noun2 •A contrasting rhythm or meter that deliberately interrupts or clashes with the naturally expected metrical pattern.Blake and Dickinson looked in the same place for an anti-meter (Hollander's term) ; Blake's rough fourteeners employ a one-line adaptation of the meter Dickinson favored, the ballad or hymn stanza. — 2000 •(no longer used) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.A description of Mr. Garrard's Antimeter, or Reflecting Circle, may be seen in his pamphlet, published in 1785; and in the article Antimeter, by the Author of this work — 1809 formsantimeters · more antimeter · most antimeter
