Usually means: Unit of length in metric.
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  1. metres: Collins English Dictionary
  2. metres: Vocabulary.com
  3. Metres, metres: Wordnik
  4. metres: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. metres: Wiktionary
  6. metres: Dictionary.com
  7. Metres: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Metres: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Metres: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Metres: Medical dictionary

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  1. METReS: Acronym Finder

(Note: See metre as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (metre)

noun:  The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
noun:  (UK, Canada) The rhythm or measure in language (especially verse) and musical composition.
verb:  (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
verb:  (UK, rare) Alternative spelling of meter [To measure with a metering device.]
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