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Definition :

Meter [fr. mete, Sax.], an instrument of measurement, as a coal-meter, a land-meter.

It means a set of integrating instruments used to measure the amount of electrical energy supplied or the quantity of electrical energy contained in the supply, in a given time, which include whole current meter and metering equipment such as current transformer, capacitor voltage atjormsurer or potential or voltage transformer with necessary wiring and accessories. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2 (1) (aca)]