Metering
/ˈmiːtərɪŋ/noun
The act of measuring, regulating, or recording by means of a meter or measure.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Greek *metron* (“measure”), a root so powerful it also gave us *meter*, *metric*, and *geometry*—literally “earth-measuring.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meh₁-
“to measure”
Ancient Greek
Greek
μέτρον (metron)
“measure, limit, proportion”
Latin
Latin
metrum
“metrical verse; measure”
Middle English
English
meteren
“to measure or mete out”
Modern English
English
metering
“the act of measuring or regulating by a meter”