Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition in which blood-pressure at rest is higher than the body's needs. Because hypertension lacks overt symptoms, high blood pressure can go unnoticed for years.
metric (Noun). A measurement of the distance between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) positive definiteness: and, (2) symmetry: , and (3) triangle inequality: . metric (Verb).
Definition of METER. : the base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1â299,792,458 second or to about 39.37 inches â see metric system table.efinition of METER for Kids. 1. : a planned rhythm in poetry that is usually repeated. 2. : the repeated pattern of musical beats in a measure.